[Dovecot] Can`t get over 1024 processes

[Tomáš Randa]

Hello,

thanks for answer! I know that message come from kernel. But I have set 
ulimit -u to 8192 for uid 89, so I think I forgot to increase some value 
in dovecot.conf..


Tomas R.


Dne 17.09.12 16:46, Timo Sirainen napsal(a):
> On 17.9.2012, at 17.40, Tomáš Randa wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have configuration question. Running FreeBSD 9.0 / AMD64 / Dovecot 2.1.8 version and cannot get over 1024 processes. I`ve increased process_limit in imap and pop3 and still have messages in syslog like: maxproc limit exceeded by uid 89, please see tuning(7) and login.conf(5).
>> Did I forget to increase some other value? System values are higher - kern.maxprocperuid: 8192 and kern.maxproc: 12288
> That message comes from the kernel. Dovecot doesn't use login.conf. You need to set ulimit -u manually (= in init.d script) before starting Dovecot.
>