Eric Rostetter put forth on 2/18/2010 3:21 PM:
> Quoting Stan Hoeppner <s...@hardwarefreak.com>:
>
>> Timo Sirainen put forth on 2/18/2010 12:54 PM:
>>
>>> Hmm. You could try setting auth_worker_max_request_count=1 to see if
>>> that gets rid of the processes after they've handled the request.
>>
>> Restarting IMAP/POP3 mail server: dovecotError: Error in configuration
>> file
>> /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf line 1: Unknown setting:
>> worker_max_request_count
>> Fatal: Invalid configuration in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
>>
>> FYI I'm running 1.2.10
>>
>> --
>> Stan
>
> Could be a typo, could be your problem, but:
>
> auth_worker_max_request_count != worker_max_request_count
>
> (i.e., did you forget the "auth_" at the start?)
I think it's sad that sometimes some sysadmins assume their fellow sysadmins are
less than capable, to put it politely.
[02:55:20][r...@greer]/home/stan$ dovecot -a|grep auth_worker_max_request_count
[02:55:26][r...@greer]/home/stan$ man dovecot
[02:56:36][r...@greer]/home/stan$ man dovecot.conf
No manual entry for dovecot.conf
[02:56:40][r...@greer]/home/stan$ vi /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
[03:02:06][r...@greer]/home/stan$ dovecot restart
Usage: dovecot [-F] [-c <config file>] [-p] [-n] [-a]
[--version] [--build-options] [--exec-mail <protocol> [<args>]]
Fatal: Unknown argument: restart
[03:02:11][r...@greer]/home/stan$ /etc/init.d/dovecot
Usage: /etc/init.d/dovecot {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status}
[03:02:41][r...@greer]/home/stan$ /etc/init.d/dovecot status
dovecot is running.
[03:03:10][r...@greer]/home/stan$ /etc/init.d/dovecot restart
Restarting IMAP/POP3 mail server: dovecotError: Error in configuration file
/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf line 868: Unknown setting: worker_max_request_count
Fatal: Invalid configuration in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
failed!
[03:04:33][r...@greer]/home/stan$ vi /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
[03:06:09][r...@greer]/home/stan$ /etc/init.d/dovecot restart
Restarting IMAP/POP3 mail server: dovecotError: Error in configuration file
/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf line 1: Unknown setting: worker_max_request_count
Fatal: Invalid configuration in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
failed!
[03:06:50][r...@greer]/home/stan$ vi /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
[03:07:38][r...@greer]/home/stan$ /etc/init.d/dovecot restart
Restarting IMAP/POP3 mail server: dovecot.
Now, does that string of actions look to you like I fucked up, didn't verify my
edits and results, before reporting back? Pristine? No. Perfect? No.
_Thorough_? YES.
Dovecot strips the "auth_" portion of the parameter name in that error message.
I don't know why. Do you? If you're running 1.2.10 or prior on one of your
systems, insert that parameter into dovecot.conf, do a restart or force reload,
and report back the error message, if any, that you receive.
Maybe then you might have a constructive, positive comment for me.
--
Stan
