Googling: dovecot: auth-worker(default): pam_start() failed: Critical error - immediate abort
david at davidwbrown.name
david at davidwbrown.name
Sun May 17 22:35:34 UTC 2015
Howdy, Googling:
dovecot: auth-worker(default): pam_start() failed: Critical error - immediate abort
dobbeltganger dovecot: auth-worker(default): pam(user,1.2.3.4): lookup service=dovecot
dobbeltganger out of memory [4543]
returns just 3 references.
Examining memory server side reveals use of virtual memory but not 100%
OS: Ubuntu 14.04 client 10.04 server-side.
Email client: Thunderbird (Thunderbird prompts for the password which has worked for years).
dovecot -n
# 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.34.1-rscloud x86_64 Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS
log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
ssl: required
verbose_ssl: yes
login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-logina
login_processes_count: 5
login_max_processes_count: 256
mail_max_userip_connections: 40
mail_privileged_group: mail
mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir
mail_debug: yes
mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock
auth default:
realms: davidwbrown.name, karlbrown.name
default_realm: dobbeltganger.com
username_format: %n
verbose: yes
debug: yes
debug_passwords: yes
passdb:
driver: pam
userdb:
driver: passwd
socket:
type: listen
client:
path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
mode: 432
user: postfix
group: postfix
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