Hello, As I was working on cyrus-imapd 2.0.16 RPMs, I've found the " signaled to death by 11". I was trying to use cyrys-imapd with pam authentification using OpenLDAP (cyrus-imap v 2.0.16, sasl 1.5.24, pam-0.75-6mdk,pam_ldap-120-1mdk, openldap-2.0.11-6mdk, libdb3.2-3.2.9-1mdk ) I have a previous instllation which work well based on cyrus-imapd 1.x, OpenLDAP 1.x,.... Just to be sure I have the problem already discussed, I get the " signaled to death by 11" when starting cyrus master (even before trying to connect using pop or imap): Aug 7 18:30:32 h52 master: unable to change limit of file descriptors available Aug 7 18:30:32 h52 master[15569]: process started Aug 7 18:30:32 h52 ctl_mboxlist[15570]: running mboxlist recovery Aug 7 18:30:32 h52 master[15569]: process 15570 exited, signaled to death by 11 Aug 7 18:30:33 h52 master[15569]: process 15571 exited, signaled to death by 11 Aug 7 18:30:33 h52 master[15569]: ready for work Aug 7 18:30:33 h52 ctl_mboxlist[15572]: checkpointing mboxlist Aug 7 18:30:33 h52 master[15569]: process 15573 exited, signaled to death by 11 Aug 7 18:30:33 h52 master[15569]: process 15572 exited, signaled to death by 11 When I do a: telnet h52 110 user manu I get another "signaled to death by 11" Aug 7 18:31:36 h52 master[15569]: process 15614 exited, signaled to death by 11 Did you have the same problem ? After reading messages on the list I've seem several 'explanations' (considering libsasl and cyrus are well linked with the same db lib): - libsasl is not re-entrant so "cyrus-imapd ->sasl -> pam -> pam_ldap -> libldap-2.x -> sasl" make problems. - problem described by David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 5 Aug: "LDAP_OPT_X_TLS_REQUIRE_CERT" - memory alloc/dealloc bettween ldap/sasl (Jerome Fleury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06 Aug 2001; "Kevin J. Menard, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 7 Aug) And several quick 'solutions': - patch on http://www.surf.org.uk/ to use directly OpenLDAP (?) "Cyrus SASL 1.5.24 LDAP+MYSQL auth patch (NEW VERSION)" - using OpenLDAP 1.x ([EMAIL PROTECTED] 06 Aug): To work with earlier versions of OpenLdap, one needs to disable SASL in openldap to avoid reentry problems. OpenLdap "configure" can be passed the following option to disable sasl in it: --without-cyrus-sasl Is this correct ? Is there other explanation(s)/solution(s) ? Does someone have well runing installation with these versions of cyrus-imap, sasl, open ldap ? In your opinion, what is the best, faster and easier solution to use cyrus-imapd with OpenLDAP ? Manuel