Perhaps the problem isn't related to vpopmail. What daemon are you using? qmail i assume ? did you apply any patches concerning qmail-pop3d ? I had a conflict once with the logging patch for example. Causing disconnections all the time.
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <vchkpw@inter7.com> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 3:58 PM Subject: RE: [vchkpw] Sporadic mail auth failures > And so after having no problems all yesterday afternoon, what is the first > thing that system does this morning when I login? Fail to auth, twice. > Someone ahead of me failed then I failed. Checked connections, 14/100. 10 > Authdaemon processes running... no mysql errors reported... sigh. Any other > ideas? :) It boggles me because this is server is hardly even used. > > I'm going to attach the printout of my status and vars from mysql, if anyone > sees anything wrong with whats in there please let me know. > > Thanks > -David > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David Erickson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 12:32 PM > > To: vchkpw@inter7.com > > Subject: RE: [vchkpw] Sporadic mail auth failures > > > > Yes, max connections are set to 100, and it reported the max ever used was > > 9.. (since I restarted it early this morning).. but ive had problems since > > then so that leads me to believe connections isn't the problem. > > > > -David > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Roman Volf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 12:28 PM > > > To: vchkpw@inter7.com > > > Subject: Re: [vchkpw] Sporadic mail auth failures > > > > > > David Erickson wrote: > > > > > > >Ok I repaired the database files, (just said clients were using them or > > > they > > > >weren't closed properly, so I shutdown mysql and ran it with -r > > anyway). > > > >Also increased the authdaemonrc processes from 5 to 10. Time to let it > > > run > > > >for awhile and see what happens. Also the db is local so shouldn't > > > >encounter network latency. > > > > > > > >-David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > > > >>From: Wouter van der Schagt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 12:24 PM > > > >>To: vchkpw@inter7.com > > > >>Subject: Re: [vchkpw] Sporadic mail auth failures > > > >> > > > >>Another time i had this problem was when the database to be > > > authenticated > > > >>against wasn't the localhost. If the network was clogged up (long ping > > > >>replies can check this), i would have such failures. > > > >> > > > >>----- Original Message ----- > > > >>From: "Jason S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >>To: <vchkpw@inter7.com> > > > >>Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 7:51 PM > > > >>Subject: Re: [vchkpw] Sporadic mail auth failures > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>On 8/21/05, Wouter van der Schagt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>>I had this problem when my database was corrupt. You can check this > > > >>>with > > > >>> > > > >>>cd /var/lib/mysql/vpopmail > > > >>>myisamchk *.MYI > > > >>> > > > >>>if any is corrupt, just add -r > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>----- Original Message ----- > > > >>>From: "David Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >>>To: <vchkpw@inter7.com> > > > >>>Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 6:34 PM > > > >>>Subject: [vchkpw] Sporadic mail auth failures > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>>Hi we've been battling a very strange problem with our server for > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>awhile > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>>>now. Periodically when a user tries to send mail (using smtp auth), > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>or > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>>>check his/her pop3 box, we get auth failures. What happens is youll > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>have > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>>to > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>>auth 3-4 times before it'll actually go through (even though you are > > > >>>>entering the same credentials every time). It is very frustrating. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>Upon > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>>>examining the logs here is what we are getting: > > > >>>> > > > >>>>Aug 21 10:08:04 mail authdaemond: vmysql: sql error[3]: Lost > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>connection > > > >>to > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>>>MySQL server during query > > > >>>> > > > >>>>Now I know the username/pw work to connect to the database because > > it > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>does > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>>>eventually auth. The mysql server is on the same machine as well. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>Anybody > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>>have any ideas what this could be indicative of? > > > >>>> > > > >>>>Mysql server 4.1.8 > > > >>>>Vpopmail 5.4.10 > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>>Thanks, > > > >>>>David > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>I don't use authdaemon, but I saw something on google in the > > > >>authdaemonrc file about not having enough authdaemon child processes > > > >>causing intermittent auth failures...something to check > > > >>-- > > > >> > > > >>Jason > > > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >> > > > >>-- > > > >>No virus found in this incoming message. > > > >>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > > >>Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.13/78 - Release Date: > > > 8/19/2005 > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Did you check the max_connections? > > > > > > -- > > > Roman Volf > > > Keystreams Internet Solutions > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.13/78 - Release Date: > > 8/19/2005 > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.13/78 - Release Date: 8/19/2005 > > >
