Greetings Friend!
Unfortunately the solution for the problem seems to be farther away than
expected.
/etc/inetd.conf current configuration is as follows:
pop-3 stream tcp nowait.250 root /usr/sbin/tcpd ipop3d
This configuration was made necessary so that the pop connections
(receiving)
won't stop responding.
The thing is that an average number of 2000+ requests are made per
hour,
and the entire network has more than 400 users.
My idea:
make the server not to register pop sessions (login/logout); this way
I could keep the log service (syslogd) from requesting over 90% of
the hardware's processing power, thus avoiding sendmail to have a
rejecting connections: load average” status.
se houver alguma sugestão, eu agradeco.
If you have any suggestions, I'd be glad to hear from you.
On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 18:45, Martin Östlund wrote:
> > Hello people!
>
> Hi.
>
> Could it be that your popd or sendmail is started through
> inetd/xinetd? If so, it will start a new instance of the service
> each time a user logs in / sends a mail, which could be the reason
> why your load increases so much.
>
> If you run your popd or sendmail as a stand-alone service, it will
> always be running only one instance.
>
> Cheers.
> Martin Östlund
>
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Sergio Alves de Lima Jr.
sergio@gruponet.com.br
Analista de Suporte
Departamento de Suporte
http://www.gruponet.com.br/suporte
GrupoNet Tecnologia
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