[BlueOnyx:17938] Re: dovecot proble "Worker process died unexpectedly"

[Gerald Waugh]

On 07/01/2015 07:29 AM, Gerald Waugh wrote:
>
> On 06/29/2015 03:36 PM, Greg Kuhnert wrote:
>>
>>> On 30 Jun 2015, at 6:17 am, Gerald Waugh 
>>> <gwaugh at frontstreetnetworks.com 
>>> <mailto:gwaugh at frontstreetnetworks.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 06/29/2015 02:19 PM, Michael Stauber wrote:
>>>> Hi Gerald,
>>>>
>>>>> Jun 29 07:44:27 /host/// dovecot: auth: Error: auth worker: Aborted
>>>>> PASSV request for email_user: Worker process died unexpectedly
>>>>> Jun 29 07:44:29 /host/// dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (auth
>>>>> failed, 1 attempts in 2 secs): user=<email_user>, method=PLAIN,
>>>>> rip=1.2.3.4, lip=5.6.7.8, session=<2B1Hc6cZrgDRygR3>
>>>> Restart Dovecot and see if that fixes it:
>>>>
>>>> /sbin/service dovecot restart
>>>>
>>> restarting dovecot fixes, but why does it happen?
>>> server is 5106R running fail2ban
> restarting dovecot does not fix it, we have to reboot the server.
> This issue continues.
CentOS release 5.11 (Final)
BlueOnyx build 20140205 for a 5106R in en_US
dovecot  version 2.2.15

5,000 + instances of "Worker process died unexpectedly"
Only happens for small number of  users or from a small number of IPs



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