[Dovecot] Dovecot auth process delays exiting if LDAPS passdb used

[Timo Sirainen]

On 7.6.2012, at 6.06, SATOH Fumiyasu wrote:

>>>> Dovecot auth process has a problem
>>>> that Dovecot auth delays exiting about between 20 and
>>>> 60 seconds when Dovecot dovecot (master) process is already
>>>> terminated by an administrator.
> 
> Yes. I can reproduce with dovecot 1:2.1.7-1 (Debian unstable package)
> with PAM passdb. This PAM environment is configured for
> local UNIX passwd file only (no LDAP).

I can't reproduce this. I installed the 1:2.1.7-1 Debian unstable package. Put your dovecot.conf to /etc/dovecot/. Did:

/etc/init.d/dovecot start
telnet localhost 143
x login foo bar
x logout
/etc/init.d/dovecot stop

No dovecot processes left.