[Dovecot] auth socket goes away on reload

Timo Sirainen tss at iki.fi
Thu Jun 3 22:28:21 EEST 2010


On 3.6.2010, at 17.35, David Jonas wrote:

> We're using the SQLite backend for authentication of Postfix SASL. When
> the db is replaced we HUP dovecot to close and reopen its connection.
> During this time it appears the socket file is removed and Postfix
> rejects the authentication attempt. From the logs:
> 
> Jun  3 00:23:02 xxx dovecot: dovecot: SIGHUP received - reloading
> configuration
> Jun  3 00:23:02 xxx postfix/smtpd[14746]: warning: SASL: Connect to
> private/auth failed: Connection refused

I think this is fixed in v2.0. Hmm. Probably should try tomorrow to be sure. :)



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