[Dovecot] Inotify instance limit for user exceeded
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.
dovecot -c dovecot-domain1.com.conf -n: # 1.0.10: dovecot-domain1.com.conf
remax-czech.cz base_dir: /var/run/domain1.com log_path: /var/log/dovecot/domain1.com/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot/domain1.com/info.log log_timestamp: %F %T protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s listen: 127.0.0.1 ssl_cert_file: /usr/local/ssl/mail/domain1.comserver.crt ssl_key_file: /usr/local/ssl/mail/domain1.com/server.key disable_plaintext_auth: no verbose_ssl: yes login_dir: /var/run/dovecot-domain1.com/login login_executable(default): /usr/local/dovecot/bin/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/local/dovecot/bin/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/local/dovecot/bin/dovecot/pop3-login login_max_processes_count: 40 login_max_connections: 42 max_mail_processes: 2000 verbose_proctitle: yes first_valid_uid: 507 last_valid_uid: 507 first_valid_gid: 502 last_valid_gid: 502 fsync_disable: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/local/dovecot/bin/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/dovecot/bin/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/dovecot/bin/dovecot/pop3 mail_process_size: 300 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/dovecot-1.0.10/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/dovecot-1.0.10/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/local/dovecot-1.0.10/lib/dovecot/pop3 pop3_uidl_format(default): pop3_uidl_format(imap): pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xu%08Xv auth default: mechanisms: plain login user: vmail verbose: yes passdb: driver: vpopmail userdb: driver: vpopmail
There is about 2500 users on domain1.com, so i should raise max_mail_processes ?
-- Lampa
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.
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