On Mon, 2008-12-29 at 21:03 +0100, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote:
> >From my log:
>
> Dec 29 16:43:58 postamt dovecot: Dovecot v1.1.7 starting up
> Dec 29 16:43:59 postamt dovecot: Fatal: imap-login: epoll_create(): Too many
> open files
I finally figured this out. You need to
increase /proc/sys/fs/epo
Try to run 'cat /proc/sys/fs/epoll/max_user_instances' . It will propablly
print 128 which is default on recent kernels. You need to raise to say
1024 using 'echo 1204 > /proc/sys/fs/epoll/max_user_instances' or via
sysctl.
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* Timo Sirainen :
> On Dec 29, 2008, at 10:03 PM, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote:
>
>> Dec 29 16:43:58 postamt dovecot: Dovecot v1.1.7 starting up
>> Dec 29 16:43:59 postamt dovecot: Fatal: imap-login: epoll_create(): Too
>> many open files
>
> Has epoll worked before?
Yes. I think I found the issue: som
On Dec 29, 2008, at 10:03 PM, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote:
Dec 29 16:43:58 postamt dovecot: Dovecot v1.1.7 starting up
Dec 29 16:43:59 postamt dovecot: Fatal: imap-login: epoll_create():
Too many open files
Has epoll worked before?
>From my log:
Dec 29 16:43:58 postamt dovecot: Dovecot v1.1.7 starting up
Dec 29 16:43:59 postamt dovecot: Fatal: imap-login: epoll_create(): Too many
open files
Dec 29 16:43:59 postamt dovecot: Temporary failure in creating login processes,
slowing down for now
Dec 29 16:43:59 postamt dovecot: