[Pkg-exim4-users] multiple copies of exim4 running

[Gerard Hooton]

Can any one help me with this.
The number of processes grows to a point where I get 
"too many connections" messages in the log file and the server stops
excepting emials.

Thanks
//Ger




"Gerard Hooton" <ghooton at bbns.ie> wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> 
> If i do a ps I see multiple copies of exim4 running
> 
> 
> Example:
> 
> 
> ps -elf |grep exim
> 5 S 102      10581     1  0  80   0 -  3492 -      14:00 ?        00:00:00
> /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
> 1 S 102      10709 10581  0  80   0 -  3494 -      14:15 ?        00:00:00
> /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
> 1 S 102      10722 10581  0  80   0 -  3494 -      14:15 ?        00:00:00
> /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
> 
> 
> I see that 10581 is the one started by init.d/exim4 and all the rest are
> child processes of it.
> 
> 
> This is a very low volume server, I see about 20 emails per day.
> 
> 
> System info:
> 
> 
> OS: Debian Lenny (Linux scoil 2.6.26-1-686 #1 SMP Wed Nov 26 19:14:11 UTC
> 2008 i686 GNU/Linux)
> 
> 
> Exim 4.69
> 
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> 
> -- 
> Gerard Hooton
> Systems Administrator
> Scoil an Chroí Ró Naofa
> Blarney.
> Co. Cork
> 
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Gerard Hooton


Systems Administrator


Blarney Boy's National School,


Blarney.


Co. Cork