Just to update... it appears this technique worked for me... my server has been up under full load for about 9 hours, and is only using about 1/2 my physical memory ...whereas before the fix it would have already gobbled up all the physical and most of the swap memory by now...
Thanks ! TedT On Fri, 2005-12-09 at 08:08 +0800, Ted Targosz wrote: > Everyone, > > Thanks for the offers of help and tips... > > > How many users? > about 350 > > > How much mail is being transmitted? > a few thousand messages per day. > > Since almost all of you said the same thing: "configure saslauthd to > fork connections instead of threads", > > I've added FLAGS="-n0 -s 2048 -t 3600 -c " to /etc/init.d/saslauthd > and to /etc/sysconfig/saslauthd > > and restarted.. I'll keep an eye on things and report back if this > helps. > > > > > > > On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 02:34 -0500, Mark Nernberg wrote: > > On 12/7/05 11:22 PM, "Ted Targosz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I'm running a Dell PE1850 with 2 GB of ram and RHEL 4.0 with a fairly > > > orthodox implementation following Luc de Louw's > > > Postfix-Cyrus-Web-cyradm-HOWTO and also running squirrelmail. > > > Its been running nicely for a few weeks now, but its hung on me a few > > > times and I think I've got a memory leak somewhere... i notice that > > > after a reboot, memory utilization slowly creeps up such that within 24 > > > hours both the physical and swap memory are all utilized... > > > > > > has anyone ever seen this and might give me some tips on where to start > > > looking for the problem? > > > > This is not enough information. > > > > How many users? > > > > How much mail is being transmitted? > > > > Without knowing more, but wanting to help, I believe SASL could be the > > culprit. Try restarting saslauthd: > > > > # saslauthd -n 0 > > > > The -n option forces saslauthd to fork a new process for each connection, > > which, according to the man page, "can help to solve leaks in some > > deployments". > > -- Ted Targosz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ This mailing list is hosted and supported by bit-heads GmbH | http://www.bit-heads.ch _______________________________________________ Web-cyradm mailing list [email protected] http://www.web-cyradm.org/mailman/listinfo/web-cyradm
