[Dovecot] ulimit -n in start-script

2013-03-20 Thread Peer Heinlein
Hi! Even on midrange-systems it's necessary to set ulimit -n to a higher value then the system default of 1024. I'd prefer having this already prepared: In /etc/defaults/dovecot we should add: # Set amount of open files / ulimit -n ULIMIT_OPEN_FILES=16884 In /etc/init.d/dovecot we should

Re: [Dovecot] ulimit -n in start-script

2013-03-20 Thread Patrick Westenberg
Peer Heinlein schrieb: Even on midrange-systems it's necessary to set ulimit -n to a higher value then the system default of 1024. Could this lead to this problem? Error: file_dotlock_create(/var/mail/example.com/john.doe/Maildir/.Sent/dovecot-uidlist) failed: No space left on device

Re: [Dovecot] ulimit -n in start-script

2013-03-20 Thread Ben Morrow
At 1PM +0100 on 20/03/13 you (Patrick Westenberg) wrote: Peer Heinlein schrieb: Even on midrange-systems it's necessary to set ulimit -n to a higher value then the system default of 1024. Could this lead to this problem? Error: