Fatal: master: service(imap): child 20258 killed with signal 6 (core not dumped - set service imap { drop_priv_before_exec=yes })

[CJ Keist]

Another problem is people are getting error message from their clients 
stating they have exceeded their number of connections.



On 7/10/14, 9:09 AM, CJ Keist wrote:
> Added info:  These errors seem to come from users using mbox format.
>
>
> On 7/10/14, 9:04 AM, CJ Keist wrote:
>> All,
>>    Just move our mail servers over to a new mail server running postfix
>> 2.11.1 and dovecot 2.2.13 and getting the subject line errors in my
>> /var/adm/files.  People are complaining of loosing their connections to
>> the mail server.
>>
>> I've been able to google this error but haven't found fix for this yet.
>>   NOt sure where to put the drop-priv option in the config files either.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Var adm message:
>> Jul 10 08:54:29 mail2 dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.crit] imap(chen): Fatal:
>> master: service(imap): child 20258 killed with signal 6 (core not dumped
>> - set service imap { drop_priv_before_exec=yes })
>>
>> Here is config output:
>>
>> root at mail2:/userM/mail-services/dovecot/sbin# ./dovecot -n
>> # 2.2.13: /userM/mail-services/dovecot/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
>> # OS: SunOS 5.11 i86pc
>> auth_failure_delay = 5 secs
>> auth_mechanisms = plain login cram-md5
>> auth_worker_max_count = 300
>> base_dir = /userM/mail-services/dovecot/var/run/dovecot/
>> disable_plaintext_auth = no
>> hostname = mail2.engr.colostate.edu
>> managesieve_notify_capability = mailto
>> managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope
>> encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric
>> relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify
>> environment mailbox date ihave duplicate
>> namespace inbox {
>>    inbox = yes
>>    location =
>>    mailbox Drafts {
>>      special_use = \Drafts
>>    }
>>    mailbox Junk {
>>      special_use = \Junk
>>    }
>>    mailbox Sent {
>>      special_use = \Sent
>>    }
>>    mailbox "Sent Messages" {
>>      special_use = \Sent
>>    }
>>    mailbox Trash {
>>      special_use = \Trash
>>    }
>>    prefix =
>> }
>> passdb {
>>    driver = pam
>> }
>> passdb {
>>    driver = passwd
>> }
>> postmaster_address = cjay at engr.colostate.edu
>> service auth {
>>    unix_listener /var/lib/postfix/private/auth {
>>      mode = 0666
>>    }
>>    unix_listener auth-userdb {
>>      group = postfix
>>      mode = 0666
>>      user = postfix
>>    }
>>    user = root
>> }
>> service imap-login {
>>    inet_listener imap {
>>      port = 143
>>    }
>>    inet_listener imaps {
>>      port = 993
>>      ssl = yes
>>    }
>> }
>> service pop3-login {
>>    inet_listener pop3 {
>>      port = 110
>>    }
>>    inet_listener pop3s {
>>      port = 995
>>      ssl = yes
>>    }
>> }
>> ssl_cert = </userM/mail-services/dovecot/etc/ssl/dovecot.pem
>> ssl_key = </userM/mail-services/dovecot/etc/ssl/privkey.pem
>> userdb {
>>    args = blocking=yes
>>    driver = passwd
>> }
>> protocol imap {
>>    mail_max_userip_connections = 50
>> }
>> protocol lda {
>>    mail_plugins = sieve
>> }
>>
>>
>

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C. J. Keist                     Email: cj.keist at colostate.edu
Systems Group Manager           Solaris 10 OS (SAI)
Engineering Network Services    Phone: 970-491-0630
College of Engineering, CSU     Fax:   970-491-5569
Ft. Collins, CO 80523-1301

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