[Dovecot] Lost login process PID XXXXX

[Patrick Linstruth]

Dear List:

We installed Dovecot v1.0.0 a couple days ago.

After running the software for a couple days, the following happened:

Jun  6 15:58:10 cello dovecot: POP3(sgtdohara): Disconnected: Logged out
top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0
Jun  6 15:58:10 cello dovecot: POP3(dorene): Disconnected: Logged out
top=0/0, retr=1/4652, del=1/1, size=4635
Jun  6 15:58:10 cello dovecot: Lost login process PID 17214
Jun  6 15:58:12 cello dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.0 starting up
Jun  6 15:58:12 cello dovecot: Socket already exists:
/qnet/var/run/dovecot/dict-server
Jun  6 15:58:12 cello dovecot:
net_listen_unix(/qnet/var/run/dovecot/login/default) failed: Address
already in use
Jun  6 15:58:12 cello dovecot: Couldn't create auth process listener
Jun  6 15:58:12 cello dovecot:
net_listen_unix(/qnet/var/run/dovecot/login/default) failed: Address
already in use
Jun  6 15:58:12 cello dovecot: Couldn't create auth process listener
Jun  6 15:58:12 cello dovecot: login: Authentication process 17253
doesn't exist
Jun  6 15:58:12 cello dovecot: login: Authentication process 17253
doesn't exist
Jun  6 15:58:13 cello dovecot: login: Authentication process 17253
doesn't exist
Jun  6 15:58:13 cello dovecot: login: Authentication process 17253
doesn't exist
Jun  6 15:58:14 cello dovecot: login: Authentication process 17253
doesn't exist
Jun  6 15:58:14 cello dovecot: login: Authentication process 17253
doesn't exist
Jun  6 15:58:14 cello dovecot: login: Authentication process 17253
doesn't exist


The "Authentication process 17253 doesn't exist" message continued until
I changed
inetd.conf to run our old POP3/IMAP server.

Server vitals:

BSD/OS 4.2 BSDI BSD/OS 4.2 Kernel #2: Tue Feb 21 11:10:22 PST 2006
4:46PM  up 431 days, 16:40, 6 users, load averages: 1.19, 1.27, 1.02

Any help would be appreciated.  We don't want to enable the software
again until
we know what caused the problem and hopefully find a solution to keep it
from
happening again.

Patrick