Hello, Same problem here in a up-to-date Debian stable (5.0.4 with all security fixes, etc).
I surfed the web googling for more info and I could hear about the same problem reported in different forums, etc (there are several bug-ids in Debian bug-tracking system, for instance). It's not clear whether the problem is caused by saslauthd, libpam or any of the pam modules (pam-mysql, mainly). But it's clear that "something" is leaking memory. Only workaround I've found was to restart saslauthd service periodically (via cron). There is another workaround ("-n 0" switch) which I didn't test, since it would be not acceptable (IMHO) due to performance problems. This bug can be abused to cause a DoS (server crash due to be out of memory), so it has a security impact. Bug reports if this bug arise from 2006 or earlier; incredibly it's NOT fixed yet (we're in 2010!). Cheers, -Roman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org