Seems that dovecot/anvil has a default option to chroot into /var/run/dovecot/empty:
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Services#anvil I have a few meetings this morning, but I'll see if I can try this on my node: http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2011-March/058106.html service anvil { chroot = } Nicholas On 3 September 2015 at 03:04, Patrick Mooney <[email protected]> wrote: > Nicholas, > I'm fairly certain that the issue is being caused by dovecot performing a > chroot prior to initializing its epoll handle. (On both native SmartOS and > LX, epoll is implemented in terms of /dev/poll.) Could you look to see if > there is a configuration option for chroot which you could temporarily > disable to confirm the theory? > > Thanks, > > -Patrick > > On 1 September 2015 at 17:27, Nicholas Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > >> [root@node7 /zones/e7449320-115b-4cdb-95b5-33692bc5c9c3/root/etc/ssl]# >> uname -v >> joyent_20150820T062742Z >> >> >> On 2 September 2015 at 09:01, Robert Mustacchi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Can you confirm what version of the SmartOS platform you're running? >>> That's the output from uname -v. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Robert >>> >>> On 9/1/15 13:58 , Nicholas Lee wrote: >>> > I'm following [1]. It seems to be having SASL issues between dovecot >>> and >>> > postfix - error message below and telnet localhost 25 hangs. >>> > >>> > >>> > It may be user (admin) error, but this version was second attempt >>> after a >>> > clean wipe. Both had the same issues. >>> > >>> > >>> > mail.err: >>> > Sep 1 05:37:17 mail dovecot: anvil: Fatal: epoll_create(): No such >>> file or >>> > directory >>> > Sep 1 05:37:17 mail dovecot: master: Error: service(anvil): command >>> > startup failed, throttling for 2 secs >>> > Sep 1 05:56:24 mail dovecot: anvil: Fatal: epoll_create(): No such >>> file or >>> > directory >>> > Sep 1 05:56:24 mail dovecot: master: Error: service(anvil): command >>> > startup failed, throttling for 2 secs >>> > Sep 1 06:18:35 mail dovecot: master: Error: service(anvil): command >>> > startup failed, throttling for 4 secs >>> > Sep 1 06:18:35 mail dovecot: anvil: Fatal: epoll_create(): No such >>> file or >>> > directory >>> > Sep 1 06:18:35 mail dovecot: imap-login: Error: read(anvil) failed: >>> EOF >>> > Sep 1 06:18:39 mail dovecot: anvil: Fatal: epoll_create(): No such >>> file or >>> > directory >>> > Sep 1 06:18:39 mail dovecot: master: Error: service(anvil): command >>> > startup failed, throttling for 8 secs >>> > Sep 1 06:18:39 mail dovecot: auth: Error: read(anvil-auth-penalty) >>> failed: >>> > EOF >>> > Sep 1 06:18:39 mail dovecot: auth: Error: >>> > net_connect_unix(anvil-auth-penalty) failed: Permission denied >>> > Sep 1 06:21:08 mail dovecot: anvil: Fatal: epoll_create(): No such >>> file or >>> > directory >>> > Sep 1 06:21:08 mail dovecot: master: Error: service(anvil): command >>> > startup failed, throttling for 16 secs >>> > Sep 1 06:21:08 mail dovecot: imap-login: Error: read(anvil) failed: >>> EOF >>> > Sep 1 06:21:57 mail dovecot: anvil: Fatal: epoll_create(): No such >>> file or >>> > directory >>> > Sep 1 06:21:57 mail dovecot: master: Error: service(anvil): command >>> > startup failed, throttling for 32 secs >>> > Sep 1 06:21:57 mail dovecot: imap-login: Error: read(anvil) failed: >>> EOF >>> > Sep 1 06:22:39 mail dovecot: anvil: Fatal: epoll_create(): No such >>> file or >>> > directory >>> > Sep 1 06:22:39 mail dovecot: master: Error: service(anvil): command >>> > startup failed, throttling for 60 secs >>> > Sep 1 06:22:39 mail dovecot: imap-login: Error: read(anvil) failed: >>> EOF >>> > Sep 1 06:23:50 mail dovecot: anvil: Fatal: epoll_create(): No such >>> file or >>> > directory >>> > Sep 1 06:23:50 mail dovecot: imap-login: Error: read(anvil) failed: >>> EOF >>> > Sep 1 06:24:50 mail dovecot: anvil: Fatal: epoll_create(): No such >>> file or >>> > directory >>> > Sep 1 06:24:50 mail dovecot: auth: Error: read(anvil-auth-penalty) >>> failed: >>> > EOF >>> > Sep 1 06:24:50 mail dovecot: auth: Error: >>> > net_connect_unix(anvil-auth-penalty) failed: Permission denied >>> > Sep 1 06:24:50 mail dovecot: message repeated 2 times: [ master: >>> Error: >>> > service(anvil): command startup failed, throttling for 60 secs] >>> > >>> > mail.log: >>> > >>> > Sep 1 06:16:46 mail postfix/master[31883]: warning: >>> > /usr/lib/postfix/pickup: bad command startup -- throttling >>> > Sep 1 06:17:47 mail postfix/master[31883]: warning: process >>> > /usr/lib/postfix/pickup pid 32175 exit status 1 >>> > Sep 1 06:17:47 mail postfix/master[31883]: warning: >>> > /usr/lib/postfix/pickup: bad command startup -- throttling >>> > Sep 1 06:18:35 mail dovecot: master: Error: service(anvil): command >>> > startup failed, throttling for 4 secs >>> > Sep 1 06:18:35 mail dovecot: anvil: Fatal: epoll_create(): No such >>> file or >>> > directory >>> > Sep 1 06:18:35 mail dovecot: imap-login: Error: read(anvil) failed: >>> EOF >>> > Sep 1 06:18:35 mail postfix/submission/smtpd[32186]: warning: >>> > dict_nis_init: NIS domain name not set - NIS lookups disabled >>> > Sep 1 06:18:35 mail dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login (no auth >>> attempts >>> > in 0 secs): user=<>, rip=121.98.188.241, lip=103.247.155.14, >>> > session=<7sMchakenQB5Yrzx> >>> > Sep 1 06:18:36 mail postfix/master[31883]: warning: process >>> > /usr/lib/postfix/tlsmgr pid 32189 exit status 1 >>> > Sep 1 06:18:36 mail postfix/master[31883]: warning: >>> > /usr/lib/postfix/tlsmgr: bad command startup -- throttling >>> > Sep 1 06:18:39 mail dovecot: anvil: Fatal: epoll_create(): No such >>> file or >>> > directory >>> > Sep 1 06:18:39 mail dovecot: master: Error: service(anvil): command >>> > startup failed, throttling for 8 secs >>> > Sep 1 06:18:39 mail dovecot: auth: Error: read(anvil-auth-penalty) >>> failed: >>> > EOF >>> > Sep 1 06:18:39 mail dovecot: auth: Error: >>> > net_connect_unix(anvil-auth-penalty) failed: Permission denied >>> > Sep 1 06:18:48 mail postfix/master[31883]: warning: process >>> > /usr/lib/postfix/pickup pid 32199 exit status 1 >>> > Sep 1 06:18:48 mail postfix/master[31883]: warning: >>> > /usr/lib/postfix/pickup: bad command startup -- throttling >>> > Sep 1 06:19:37 mail postfix/master[31883]: warning: process >>> > /usr/lib/postfix/tlsmgr pid 32200 exit status 1 >>> > Sep 1 06:19:37 mail postfix/master[31883]: warning: >>> > /usr/lib/postfix/tlsmgr: bad command startup -- throttling >>> > Sep 1 06:19:49 mail postfix/master[31883]: warning: process >>> > /usr/lib/postfix/pickup pid 32201 exit status 1 >>> > Sep 1 06:19:49 mail postfix/master[31883]: warning: >>> > /usr/lib/postfix/pickup: bad command startup -- throttling >>> > Sep 1 06:20:16 mail postfix/master[31883]: warning: >>> unix_trigger_event: >>> > read timeout for service private/tlsmgr >>> > Sep 1 06:20:38 mail postfix/master[31883]: warning: process >>> > /usr/lib/postfix/tlsmgr pid 32210 exit status 1 >>> > Sep 1 06:20:38 mail postfix/master[31883]: warning: >>> > /usr/lib/postfix/tlsmgr: bad command startup -- throttling >>> > Sep 1 06:20:49 mail postfix/master[31883]: terminating on signal 15 >>> > Sep 1 06:20:50 mail postfix/master[32346]: daemon started -- version >>> > 2.11.0, configuration /etc/postfix >>> > Sep 1 06:20:51 mail postfix/master[32346]: warning: process >>> > /usr/lib/postfix/pickup pid 32349 exit status 1 >>> > Sep 1 06:20:51 mail postfix/master[32346]: warning: >>> > /usr/lib/postfix/pickup: bad command startup -- throttling >>> > Sep 1 06:21:08 mail dovecot: anvil: Fatal: epoll_create(): No such >>> file or >>> > directory >>> > >>> > >>> > The zone isn't big. >>> > >>> > [root@node7 >>> /zones/e7449320-115b-4cdb-95b5-33692bc5c9c3/root/etc/ssl]# df >>> > -h | grep e74 >>> > zones/e7449320-115b-4cdb-95b5-33692bc5c9c3 500G 578M 500G >>> 1% >>> > /zones/e7449320-115b-4cdb-95b5-33692bc5c9c3 >>> > zones/cores/e7449320-115b-4cdb-95b5-33692bc5c9c3 100G 96K >>> 100G >>> > 1% /zones/e7449320-115b-4cdb-95b5-33692bc5c9c3/cores >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > I can either 1) switch the ssl key to a snakeoil version, tar-gzip it >>> up, >>> > and send the archive to you guys, or 2) do a history | grep install; >>> create >>> > a new generic 14.04 zone; then do a diff on /etc/ between the two >>> zones. >>> > >>> > I'm travelling to Europe in a few days, but a planning to get one of my >>> > laptops setup with vagrant. I could try reproduce with a very simple >>> > dovecot/postfix/sasl setup. >>> > >>> > [1] >>> > >>> https://www.exratione.com/2014/05/a-mailserver-on-ubuntu-1404-postfix-dovecot-mysql/ >>> > >>> > >>> > Nicholas >>> > >>> > On 2 September 2015 at 01:59, Bryan Cantrill <[email protected]> >>> > wrote: >>> > >>> >> The problem that Patrick is working on is very esoteric (namely, >>> epoll'ing >>> >> on an epoll descriptor) and is not consistent with what you saw -- >>> for the >>> >> vast majority of apps epoll is currently completely functional. So >>> assuming >>> >> you would like us to debug your issue, you will need to either get us >>> >> instructions on reproducing it, get us more data (strace output would >>> be a >>> >> start), or reproduce this in the Joyent Public Cloud where we are >>> running >>> >> LX in production. >>> >> >>> >> - Bryan >>> >> On Sep 1, 2015 5:40 AM, "Nicholas Lee" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> >>> >>> joyent_20150820T062742Z. with: >>> >>> c8d68a9e-4682-11e5-9450-4f4fadd0936d ubuntu-14.04 20150819 linux >>> >>> 2015-08-19T14:58:43Z >>> >>> >>> >>> I've reverted to kvm for now. I'll keep the lx/zone around and try >>> it out >>> >>> again when the epoll is done. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Nicholas >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 2 September 2015 at 00:14, Jerry Jelinek < >>> [email protected]> >>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> In general, nothing lx related has been upstreamed yet, so the >>> illumos >>> >>>> bug list isn't usually the right place to look. All of the open >>> SmartOS >>> >>>> bugs can be found here https://smartos.org/bugview/index.html. >>> There is >>> >>>> an epoll issue Patrick Mooney is currently working on but I don't >>> know if >>> >>>> it is related to the problem you're seeing. What build are you >>> running? >>> >>>> What version of Ubuntu? >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Thanks, >>> >>>> Jerry >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 2:39 AM, Nicholas Lee <[email protected]> >>> >>>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>> >>>>> Are there some epoll issues with lx/ubuntu and dovecot at the >>> moment? >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> Sep 1 08:12:56 mail dovecot: anvil: Fatal: epoll_create(): No such >>> >>>>> file or directory >>> >>>>> Sep 1 08:12:56 mail dovecot: master: Error: service(anvil): >>> command >>> >>>>> startup failed, throttling for 8 secs >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> I notice this says 90% complete: >>> >>>>> https://www.illumos.org/issues/5640 >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> Nicholas >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>> *smartos-discuss* | Archives >>> >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now> >>> >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25241303-ebebecbc> >>> | >>> >> Modify >>> >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> >>> >> Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >>> http://www.listbox.com >>> >> >> > *smartos-discuss* | Archives > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25241303-ebebecbc> | > Modify > <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> > Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
