2.3.14: stale imap-login processes due to bogus user setup tying up process limit

[Aki Tuomi]

> On 01/06/2021 12:03 Volker Stolz <vs at foldr.org> wrote:
> 
>  
> > On 1 Jun 2021, at 10:59, Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Volker,
> > 
> > can you please post full `doveconf -n` output, please?
> 
> vs at new:~$ doveconf -n
> # 2.3.14 (cee3cbc0d): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> # OS: Linux 4.19.0-13-amd64 x86_64 Debian 10.9 
> # Hostname: new.foldr.org
> auth_mechanisms = plain login cram-md5
> default_process_limit = 200
> mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
> namespace inbox {
>   inbox = yes
>   location = 
>   mailbox Drafts {
>     special_use = \Drafts
>   }
>   mailbox Junk {
>     special_use = \Junk
>   }
>   mailbox Sent {
>     special_use = \Sent
>   }
>   mailbox "Sent Messages" {
>     special_use = \Sent
>   }
>   mailbox Trash {
>     special_use = \Trash
>   }
>   prefix = 
> }
> passdb {
>   args = scheme=HMAC-MD5 username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users
>   driver = passwd-file
> }
> protocols = " imap"
> ssl_cert = </etc/letsencrypt/live/imap.new.foldr.org/fullchain.pem
> ssl_client_ca_dir = /etc/ssl/certs
> ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it
> ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it
> userdb {
>   args = blocking=no
>   driver = passwd
> }
> verbose_proctitle = yes
> 
> Here you go!
> 
>    -Volker

I wasn't able to yet reproduce this issue, but I'll try again with passwd driver.

Aki