Hello Simone, Do you have an email address for Miguel? If you do, could you please send it to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you . . . Regards, Nick > The QmailToaster has a lot to thank Miguel Beccari for. :) > > Erik > > On 4/14/07, Simone Marzona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I all. >> >> I got some kind of solution to the problem posted some month ago. >> >> The trick is that in the configuration file of courier auth daemon there >> was authpam and autvchkpw, by leaving only authvchkpw the problem >> doesn't appears anymore. >> >> don't ask me why.. I think that this could be a bug of courier auth >> daemon, but I'm not so sure. >> >> My friend Miguel Beccari, which pointed out this solution, said to me >> that this prolem was solved also some years ago, and has been solved by >> him in the same way. >> >> I think that the default authdaemon config file installed by the install >> scripts may contain only the vchkpw backend. >> >> Warning: anyway this problem is very hard to solve.. because it seems >> not to follow any (ANY) critical aspect as system load, number of >> connection, time of day, type of client, type of access and so on. I >> think that it's important to insert some note on the wiki. >> >> We may thank M.B. for this. >> >> >> On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 11:38 -0700, Erik A. Espinoza wrote: >> > Have you tweaked /var/qmail/supervise/imap*/run to allow more incoming >> > connections? >> > >> > The default is 40, even if you edit the imap configs, as the imap >> > stuff doesn't run as a service it runs from tcpservers. >> > >> > Erik >> > >> > On 3/12/07, Simone Marzona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > Hi all >> > > >> > > I got a strange problem: sometimes imap auth fails. It seems that >> this >> > > appens random, account, imap client ( also webmail from localhost..) >> and >> > > load average may vary, the only thing that remains the same is the >> imap >> > > protocol. >> > > >> > > I use this toaster version on mandriva: >> > > >> > > rpm -qa | grep toaster >> > > ucspi-tcp-toaster-0.88-1.3.1mdk >> > > ezmlm-cgi-toaster-0.53.324-1.3.1mdk >> > > maildrop-toaster-devel-2.0.2-1.3.1mdk >> > > qmailadmin-toaster-1.2.9-1.3.1mdk >> > > control-panel-toaster-0.5-1.3.1mdk >> > > ezmlm-toaster-0.53.324-1.3.1mdk >> > > maildrop-toaster-2.0.2-1.3.1mdk >> > > qmail-toaster-1.03-1.3.6mdk >> > > isoqlog-toaster-2.1-1.3.1mdk >> > > vpopmail-toaster-5.4.13-1.3.1mdk >> > > autorespond-toaster-2.0.4-1.3.1mdk >> > > squirrelmail-toaster-1.4.6-1.3.1mdk >> > > spamassassin-toaster-3.1.7-1.3.5mdk >> > > simscan-toaster-1.2-1.3.1mdk >> > > qmail-pop3d-toaster-1.03-1.3.6mdk >> > > libdomainkeys-toaster-0.68-1.3.1mdk >> > > daemontools-toaster-0.76-1.3.1mdk >> > > ripmime-toaster-1.4.0.6-1.3.1mdk >> > > send-emails-toaster-0.5-1.3.1mdk >> > > courier-imap-toaster-4.1.1-1.3.2mdk >> > > clamav-toaster-0.88.5-1.3.4mdk >> > > courier-authlib-toaster-0.58-1.3.1mdk >> > > qmailmrtg-toaster-4.2-1.3.1mdk >> > > >> > > my mysql installation is made on a different machine (but same >> lan..) >> > > from the one that it's serving imap. >> > > >> > > The error compares both if I login from network than from localhost >> > > where the courier runs. >> > > >> > > What I test made : >> > > >> > > -debug=2 in imapd for viewing the password used for the auth (them >> were >> > > always correct but sometimes the login fails anyway..) >> > > -monitored the number of connection to my dmbs (I've reached about >> an >> > > half of the limit set at 250 in my.cnf) >> > > -verified that courier was configured to allow a sufficent number of >> > > simultaneous connection (even from the same ip, respectively 180 and >> > > 50). >> > > -whatched for softlimit problems (no one) >> > > -logged all the sql query from mysql debug used to get user and >> > > passwords from the dbms >> > > -I "tcpdump-ed" network traffic findong no interesting errors >> > > -I saw that in previous versions of vpopmail and courier there were >> > > "sometimes failed logins".. but this happened 2 versions ago.. and >> in >> > > the last 10 months no one in this mailing list turned out with a >> problem >> > > similar to this one. >> > > >> > > So, finally, is there something that I'm missing? Is there some >> known >> > > bug? >> > > Is there a possibility that sometimes daemontols "forget" to fork >> > > imaplogin process and so auth may fail? (my dbms is heavily used >> it's >> > > not simple for me to monitor every login attempt and see the >> > > corresponding query on the other host). I'm sure that for every >> login >> > > attempt I see some entry in imapd/current.. so I think that >> daemontools >> > > are ok... >> > > >> > > Note that: the same toaster is used for pop3 and smtp >> (authenticated) >> > > with no (not one) problem of auth. >> > > >> > > many thanks >> > > >> > > >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > > QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > For additional commands, e-mail: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > >> > > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > For additional commands, e-mail: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
