[BlueOnyx:17928] Re: dovecot proble "Worker process died unexpectedly"

[Greg Kuhnert]

> On 30 Jun 2015, at 6:17 am, Gerald Waugh <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

Possibly a bug in dovecot. One such bug is documented here - http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2014-October/098234.html <http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2014-October/098234.html>

If you wanted to dig more, I would suggest enabling debug logging and/or using strace and see what pops up.

GK
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