Have you verified that the proc files that are that old are really processes that no longer exist? On our system, we do have lots of old proc files, but the processes are still around as well (and connections are ESTABLISHED). We are looking at turning on KEEPALIVE in the kernel, which likely will get rid of a number of these if for some reason there is something wrong with the connections, even if they do say they are ESTABLISHED. In any case, we have seen processes stick around for months as a result. On the other hand, if your server crashes or you have processes that go away in a bad way (which isn't good for Cyrus in general), you will have proc files that stick around. What we have done is have our Cyrus startup script wipe the directory prior to startup. The easiest way to do this is something like the following: mv /var/imap/proc /var/imap/proc-delete mkdir /var/imap/proc chmod 750 /var/imap/proc <may vary in your environment> chown cyrus /var/imap/proc <may vary in your environment> <startup cyrus> rm -rf /var/imap/proc-delete & The above procedure prevents the cleanup of the directory from interfering with the speed of trying to get the server back up and running. Scott --On Tuesday, November 14, 2006 8:21 AM -0300 Marcelo Maraboli <marcelo.maraboli@xxxxxx> wrote:
I wouldn´t recommend that because I have lots of files in that directory that are 3 months old... doesn´t the "master" process clean this up on shutdown ?? regards, Chaskiel M Grundman wrote:--On Monday, November 13, 2006 08:39:39 PM +0100 Wolfgang Hennerbichler <wogri@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:I am trying to find a way to see which users are currently running an IMAP session. Does anybody have a clue if (or how) that is possible? My setup runs through saslauthd and ldap right now, all the processess are owned by user 'cyrus'.${configdirectory}/proc contains one file per active imapd, which lists the hostname, ip address, username, and selected mailbox of that process's connection ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
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