Re: [Dovecot] Inotify instance limit for user exceeded

On 18/01/2010 14:49, Lampa wrote:

Hello,

i saw in my log followed messages:

dovecot: 2010-01-18 13:20:54 Warning: IMAP(user1@domain1.com): Inotify instance limit for user exceeded, disabling. dovecot: 2010-01-18 13:21:01 Warning: IMAP(user2@domain2.com): Inotify instance limit for user exceeded, disabling. dovecot: 2010-01-18 13:21:23 Warning: IMAP(user2@domain2.com: Inotify instance limit for user exceeded, disabling.

Hello, I've solved a similar trouble with:

fs.inotify.max_user_instances = 256

in /etc/sysctl.conf

The default is 128.