[Dovecot] Can`t get over 1024 processes

Frank Bonnet f.bonnet at esiee.fr
Mon Sep 17 18:21:05 EEST 2012


hello

what is the result of the following command ?

sysctl -a | grep kern.maxproc


On 09/17/2012 05:10 PM, Tomáš Randa wrote:
> Hello,
>
> thanks for answer! I know that message come from kernel. But I have 
> set ulimit -u to 8192 for uid 89, so I think I forgot to increase some 
> value in dovecot.conf..
>
>
> Tomas R.
>
>
> Dne 17.09.12 16:46, Timo Sirainen napsal(a):
>> On 17.9.2012, at 17.40, Tomáš Randa wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have configuration question. Running FreeBSD 9.0 / AMD64 / Dovecot 
>>> 2.1.8 version and cannot get over 1024 processes. I`ve increased 
>>> process_limit in imap and pop3 and still have messages in syslog 
>>> like: maxproc limit exceeded by uid 89, please see tuning(7) and 
>>> login.conf(5).
>>> Did I forget to increase some other value? System values are higher 
>>> - kern.maxprocperuid: 8192 and kern.maxproc: 12288
>> That message comes from the kernel. Dovecot doesn't use login.conf. 
>> You need to set ulimit -u manually (= in init.d script) before 
>> starting Dovecot.
>>
>


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