[Dovecot] login_processes_count & login_max_processes_count question

[Ken A]

re:

> # Maximum number of login processes to create. The listening process count
> # usually stays at login_processes_count, but when multiple users start logging
> # in at the same time more extra processes are created. To prevent fork-bombing
> # we check only once in a second if new processes should be created - if all
> # of them are used at the time, we double their amount until the limit set by
> # this setting is reached.
> #login_max_processes_count = 128

If the server is attacked by a password guessing routine, or just gets 
very busy, and login process count reaches 128, will the created 
processes ever get killed, or will dovecot continue to run 128 processes 
until it's restarted?

Thanks,
Ken


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Ken Anderson
Pacific.Net