[Dovecot] Dovecot Assertion on mail server with POP3 and LDAP authentication

[Tim Alberts]

Timo Sirainen wrote:
> On 10.4.2007, at 20.31, Tim Alberts wrote:
>
>>>> Apr  4 08:44:38 msi2 dovecot: auth(default): dovecot-auth: 
>>>> ../../../libraries/liblber/io.c:491: ber_get_next: Assertion 
>>>> `ber->ber_buf == ((void *)0)' failed.
>>>> Apr  4 08:44:38 msi2 dovecot: auth(default): 
>>>> pam(secretuser,192.168.0.200): Child process died
>>> ..
>>>>  passdb:
>>>>    driver: pam
>>>>  userdb:
>>>>    driver: passwd
>>>
>>> So you're using pam_ldap and nss_ldap. See 
>>> http://wiki.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/Passwd
>>>
>>> So I'd suggest upgrading.
>>>
>>
>> Thank you for the quick response.  It doesn't look like the problem 
>> I'm having though?  I don't have problems with people getting other 
>> peoples email.  I have problems with the Assertion errors that I 
>> mentioned.
>
> No, but it could very well be caused by the same problem.
>
>

Just to close off this thread....This seems to have fixed the problem.  
I upgraded to a newer version and that alone made a huge difference.  
However, I didn't make the configuration changes I was supposed to at 
that time.  The following day, I checked the server logs and saw the 
problem happen a couple times within a second and that was it.  
Significantly less, but it prompted me to read the dovecot website again 
and make the recommended configuration changes.

Running for a couple days now, no problems and positive reports from the 
clients.  Thank you for the resolution and best wishes to everyone.