Error: open() failed with file /var/vmail/... Too many open files

Silvia Tormo silvia.tormo at addapta.com
Thu Mar 26 14:52:54 UTC 2015


Hello guys we have Dovecot 2.0.19 and we are getting those errors opening
files of dovecot Too many open files, we¹ve tried to increase limits in
/etc/security/limits
Wih ulimits ­a

core file size          (blocks, -c) 0
data seg size           (kbytes, -d) unlimited
scheduling priority             (-e) 0
file size               (blocks, -f) unlimited
pending signals                 (-i) 63735
max locked memory       (kbytes, -l) 64
max memory size         (kbytes, -m) unlimited
open files                      (-n) 102400
pipe size            (512 bytes, -p) 8
POSIX message queues     (bytes, -q) 819200
real-time priority              (-r) 0
stack size              (kbytes, -s) 8192
cpu time               (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes              (-u) 63735
virtual memory          (kbytes, -v) unlimited
file locks                      (-x) unlimited


But if i make cat/proc/dovecotpid/limits

Limit                     Soft Limit           Hard Limit           Units
Max cpu time              unlimited            unlimited            seconds
Max file size             unlimited            unlimited            bytes
Max data size             unlimited            unlimited            bytes
Max stack size            8388608              unlimited            bytes
Max core file size        0                    unlimited            bytes
Max resident set          unlimited            unlimited            bytes
Max processes             63735                63735
processes
Max open files            1024                 4096                 files
Max locked memory         65536                65536                bytes
Max address space         unlimited            unlimited            bytes
Max file locks            unlimited            unlimited            locks
Max pending signals       63735                63735                signals
Max msgqueue size         819200               819200               bytes
Max nice priority         0                    0
Max realtime priority     0                    0
Max realtime timeout      unlimited            unlimited            us

I am still getting 1024 limit

The only warning that we get is
doveconf: Warning: service auth { client_limit=4096 } is lower than required
under max. load (9516)
doveconf: Warning: service anvil { client_limit=1000 } is lower than
required under max. load (4299)

I¹ve tried all i have found in internet, but there is no more info, and is
like i¹ve increased system limits but not dovecot limits.
Thankyou

This is our CONF

# 2.0.19: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 3.8.0-44-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS ext4
auth_anonymous_username = anonymous
auth_cache_negative_ttl = 1 hours
auth_cache_size = 0
auth_cache_ttl = 1 hours
auth_debug = no
auth_debug_passwords = no
auth_default_realm =
auth_failure_delay = 2 secs
auth_first_valid_uid = 500
auth_gssapi_hostname = VM8-ATISA.atisa.es
auth_krb5_keytab = /etc/dovecot/dovecot.keytab
auth_last_valid_uid = 0
auth_master_user_separator =
auth_mechanisms = plain login gssapi
auth_realms =
auth_socket_path = auth-userdb
auth_ssl_require_client_cert = no
auth_ssl_username_from_cert = no
auth_use_winbind = no
auth_username_chars =
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@
auth_username_format =
auth_username_translation =
auth_verbose = no
auth_verbose_passwords = no
auth_winbind_helper_path = /usr/bin/ntlm_auth
auth_worker_max_count = 30
base_dir = /var/run/dovecot
config_cache_size = 1 M
debug_log_path =
default_client_limit = 1000
default_idle_kill = 60
default_internal_user = dovecot
default_login_user = dovenull
default_process_limit = 100
default_vsz_limit = 256 M
deliver_log_format = msgid=%m: %$
dict_db_config =
director_doveadm_port = 0
director_mail_servers =
director_servers =
director_user_expire = 15 mins
disable_plaintext_auth = no
dotlock_use_excl = yes
doveadm_allowed_commands =
doveadm_password =
doveadm_proxy_port = 0
doveadm_socket_path = doveadm-server
doveadm_worker_count = 0
first_valid_gid = 112
first_valid_uid = 107
hostname =
imap_capability =
imap_client_workarounds =
imap_id_log =
imap_id_send =
imap_idle_notify_interval = 2 mins
imap_logout_format = bytes=%i/%o
imap_max_line_length = 64 k
import_environment = TZ
info_log_path =
instance_name = dovecot
last_valid_gid = 0
last_valid_uid = 0
lda_mailbox_autocreate = no
lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = no
lda_original_recipient_header =
libexec_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot
listen = *, ::
lmtp_proxy = no
lmtp_save_to_detail_mailbox = no
lock_method = fcntl
log_path = syslog
log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S "
login_access_sockets =
login_greeting = Dovecot ready.
login_log_format = %$: %s
login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l mpid=%e %c
login_trusted_networks =
mail_access_groups =
mail_attachment_dir =
mail_attachment_fs = sis posix
mail_attachment_hash = %{sha1}
mail_attachment_min_size = 128 k
mail_cache_fields = flags
mail_cache_min_mail_count = 0
mail_chroot =
mail_debug = no
mail_fsync = optimized
mail_full_filesystem_access = no
mail_gid = 112
mail_home = /var/vmail/sieve/%d/%u
mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%$
mail_log_prefix = "%s(%u): "
mail_max_keyword_length = 50
mail_max_lock_timeout = 0
mail_max_userip_connections = 10
mail_never_cache_fields = imap.envelope
mail_nfs_index = no
mail_nfs_storage = no
mail_plugin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot/modules
mail_plugins =
mail_privileged_group =
mail_save_crlf = no
mail_temp_dir = /tmp
mail_uid = 107
mailbox_idle_check_interval = 30 secs
mailbox_list_index_disable = no
maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = yes
maildir_stat_dirs = no
maildir_very_dirty_syncs = no
managesieve_client_workarounds =
managesieve_implementation_string = Dovecot Pigeonhole
managesieve_logout_format = bytes=%i/%o
managesieve_max_compile_errors = 5
managesieve_max_line_length = 65536
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 e
notify environment mailbox date ihave
master_user_separator =
mbox_dirty_syncs = yes
mbox_dotlock_change_timeout = 2 mins
mbox_lazy_writes = yes
mbox_lock_timeout = 5 mins
mbox_min_index_size = 0
mbox_read_locks = fcntl
mbox_very_dirty_syncs = no
mbox_write_locks = dotlock fcntl
mdbox_preallocate_space = no
mdbox_rotate_interval = 0
mdbox_rotate_size = 2 M
mmap_disable = no
passdb {
  args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf
  deny = no
  driver = ldap
  master = no
  pass = no
}
plugin {
  autocreate = Trash
  autocreate2 = Spam
  autocreate3 = Sent
  autocreate4 = Drafts
  autosubscribe = Trash
  autosubscribe2 = Spam
  autosubscribe3 = Sent
  autosubscribe4 = Drafts
  quota = maildir:User quota
  quota_rule = *:storage=0
  sieve = /var/vmail/sieve/%d/%u/sieve-script
sieve_dir = /var/vmail/sieve/%d/%u
  sieve_global_path = /var/vmail/sieve/default.sieve
  sieve_storage = /var/vmail/sieve/%d/%u
}
pop3_client_workarounds =
pop3_enable_last = no
pop3_fast_size_lookups = no
pop3_lock_session = no
pop3_logout_format = top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s
pop3_no_flag_updates = no
pop3_reuse_xuidl = no
pop3_save_uidl = no
pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
postmaster_address =
protocols = pop3 imap sieve
quota_full_tempfail = no
recipient_delimiter = +
rejection_reason = Your message to <%t> was automatically rejected:%n%r
rejection_subject = Rejected: %s
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail
service anvil {
  chroot = empty
  client_limit = 0
  drop_priv_before_exec = no
  executable = anvil
  extra_groups =
  group =
  idle_kill = 4294967295 secs
  privileged_group =
  process_limit = 1
  process_min_avail = 1
  protocol =
  service_count = 0
  type = anvil
  unix_listener anvil-auth-penalty {
    group =
    mode = 0600
    user =
 }
  unix_listener anvil {
    group =
    mode = 0600
    user =
  }
  user = $default_internal_user
  vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service auth-worker {
  chroot =
  client_limit = 1
  drop_priv_before_exec = no
  executable = auth -w
  extra_groups =
  group =
  idle_kill = 0
  privileged_group =
  process_limit = 0
  process_min_avail = 0
  protocol =
  service_count = 1
  type =
  unix_listener auth-worker {
    group =
    mode = 0600
    user = $default_internal_user
  }
  user =
  vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service auth {
  chroot =
  client_limit = 4096
  drop_priv_before_exec = no
  executable = /usr/lib/dovecot/auth
  extra_groups =
  group =
 idle_kill = 0
  privileged_group =
  process_limit = 1
  process_min_avail = 0
  protocol =
  service_count = 0
  type =
  unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
    group = postfix
    mode = 0660
    user = postfix
  }
  unix_listener auth-client {
    group =
    mode = 0600
    user =
  }
  unix_listener auth-login {
    group =
    mode = 0600
    user = $default_internal_user
  }
  unix_listener auth-master {
    group = ebox
    mode = 0600
    user = ebox
  }
  unix_listener auth-userdb {
    group =
    mode = 0600
    user =
  }
  unix_listener login/login {
    group =
    mode = 0666
    user =
  }
  user = dovecot
vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service config {
  chroot =
  client_limit = 0
  drop_priv_before_exec = no
  executable = config
  extra_groups =
  group =
  idle_kill = 0
  privileged_group =
  process_limit = 0
  process_min_avail = 0
  protocol =
  service_count = 0
  type = config
  unix_listener config {
    group =
    mode = 0600
    user =
  }
  user =
  vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service dict {
  chroot =
  client_limit = 1
  drop_priv_before_exec = no
  executable = dict
  extra_groups =
  group =
  idle_kill = 0
  privileged_group =
  process_limit = 0
  process_min_avail = 0
  protocol =
  service_count = 0
type =
  unix_listener dict {
    group =
    mode = 0600
    user =
  }
  user = $default_internal_user
  vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service director {
  chroot =
  client_limit = 0
  drop_priv_before_exec = no
  executable = director
  extra_groups =
  fifo_listener login/proxy-notify {
    group =
    mode = 00
    user =
  }
  group =
  idle_kill = 4294967295 secs
  privileged_group =
  process_limit = 1
  process_min_avail = 0
  protocol =
  service_count = 0
  type =
  unix_listener director-admin {
    group =
    mode = 0600
    user =
  }
  unix_listener login/director {
    group =
    mode = 00
    user =
 }
  user = $default_internal_user
  vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service dns_client {
  chroot =
  client_limit = 1
  drop_priv_before_exec = no
  executable = dns-client
  extra_groups =
  group =
  idle_kill = 0
  privileged_group =
  process_limit = 0
  process_min_avail = 0
  protocol =
  service_count = 0
  type =
  unix_listener dns-client {
    group =
    mode = 0666
    user =
  }
  unix_listener login/dns-client {
    group =
    mode = 0666
    user =
  }
  user = $default_internal_user
  vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service doveadm {
  chroot =
  client_limit = 1
  drop_priv_before_exec = no
  executable = doveadm-server
  extra_groups =
  group =
 idle_kill = 0
  privileged_group =
  process_limit = 0
  process_min_avail = 0
  protocol =
  service_count = 1
  type =
  unix_listener doveadm-server {
    group =
    mode = 0600
    user =
  }
  user =
  vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service imap-login {
  chroot = login
  client_limit = 1024
  drop_priv_before_exec = no
  executable = imap-login
  extra_groups =
  group =
  idle_kill = 0
  inet_listener imap {
    address = *
    port = 143
    ssl = no
  }
  inet_listener imaps {
    address = *
    port = 993
    ssl = yes
  }
  privileged_group =
  process_limit = 4096
  process_min_avail = 0
  protocol = imap
service_count = 0
  type = login
  user = $default_login_user
  vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service imap {
  chroot =
  client_limit = 1024
  drop_priv_before_exec = no
  executable = imap
  extra_groups =
  group =
  idle_kill = 0
  privileged_group =
  process_limit = 4096
  process_min_avail = 0
  protocol = imap
  service_count = 0
  type =
  unix_listener login/imap {
    group =
    mode = 0666
    user =
  }
  user =
  vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service ipc {
  chroot = empty
  client_limit = 0
  drop_priv_before_exec = no
  executable = ipc
  extra_groups =
  group =
  idle_kill = 0
  privileged_group =
  process_limit = 1
  process_min_avail = 0
 protocol =
  service_count = 0
  type =
  unix_listener ipc {
    group =
    mode = 0600
    user =
  }
  unix_listener login/ipc-proxy {
    group =
    mode = 0600
    user = $default_login_user
  }
  user = $default_internal_user
  vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service lmtp {
  chroot =
  client_limit = 1
  drop_priv_before_exec = no
  executable = lmtp
  extra_groups =
  group =
  idle_kill = 0
  privileged_group =
  process_limit = 0
  process_min_avail = 0
  protocol = lmtp
  service_count = 0
  type =
  unix_listener lmtp {
    group =
    mode = 0666
    user =
  }
  user =
  vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
service log {
  chroot =
  client_limit = 0
  drop_priv_before_exec = no
  executable = log
  extra_groups =
  group =
  idle_kill = 0
  privileged_group =
  process_limit = 1
  process_min_avail = 0
  protocol =
  service_count = 0
  type = log
  user =
  vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service managesieve-login {
  chroot = login
  client_limit = 0
  drop_priv_before_exec = no
  executable = managesieve-login
  extra_groups =
  group =
  idle_kill = 0
  inet_listener sieve {
    address =
    port = 4190
    ssl = no
  }
  privileged_group =
  process_limit = 0
  process_min_avail = 0
  protocol = sieve
  service_count = 1
  type = login
 user = $default_login_user
  vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service managesieve {
  chroot =
  client_limit = 1
  drop_priv_before_exec = no
  executable = managesieve
  extra_groups =
  group =
  idle_kill = 0
  privileged_group =
  process_limit = 0
  process_min_avail = 0
  protocol = sieve
  service_count = 1
  type =
  unix_listener login/sieve {
    group =
    mode = 0666
    user =
  }
  user =
  vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service pop3-login {
  chroot = login
  client_limit = 0
  drop_priv_before_exec = no
  executable = pop3-login
  extra_groups =
  group =
  idle_kill = 0
  inet_listener pop3 {
    address =
    port = 110
    ssl = no
  }
 inet_listener pop3s {
    address =
    port = 995
    ssl = yes
  }
  privileged_group =
  process_limit = 0
  process_min_avail = 0
  protocol = pop3
  service_count = 1
  type = login
  user = $default_login_user
  vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service pop3 {
  chroot =
  client_limit = 1
  drop_priv_before_exec = no
  executable = pop3
  extra_groups =
  group =
  idle_kill = 0
  privileged_group =
  process_limit = 1024
  process_min_avail = 0
  protocol = pop3
  service_count = 1
  type =
  unix_listener login/pop3 {
    group =
    mode = 0666
    user =
  }
  user =
  vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service ssl-params {
  chroot =
client_limit = 0
  drop_priv_before_exec = no
  executable = ssl-params
  extra_groups =
  group =
  idle_kill = 0
  privileged_group =
  process_limit = 0
  process_min_avail = 0
  protocol =
  service_count = 0
  type = startup
  unix_listener login/ssl-params {
    group =
    mode = 0666
    user =
  }
  user =
  vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
shutdown_clients = yes
ssl = yes
ssl_ca =
ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/ssl/mx_atisa_es.crt
ssl_cert_username_field = commonName
ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:!EXP:!aNULL
ssl_client_cert =
ssl_client_key =
ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/ssl/mx_atisa_es.key
ssl_key_password =
ssl_parameters_regenerate = 168
ssl_protocols = !SSLv2
ssl_verify_client_cert = no
submission_host =
syslog_facility = mail
userdb {
 args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf
  driver = ldap
}
valid_chroot_dirs =
verbose_proctitle = no
verbose_ssl = no
version_ignore = no
protocol imap {
  mail_plugins = quota imap_quota autocreate
}
protocol pop3 {
  mail_plugins = quota
}
protocol lda {
  auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
  mail_plugins = sieve quota
  postmaster_address = postmaster
}


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