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Package: dovecot-imapd  1:2.3.13+dfsg1-2 

This *seems to be* a devuan problem on version 4 as there is no similar problem on debian 11 with identical config (see dovecot -n below). It commenced after a dist-upgrade from devuan 3 on *two* separate machines.

I've tried to get help with this on the dovecot list, but no one was able to find the problem; lack of devuan experience was sited. I also tried creating a new system user on the version 4 system, but the problem is the same. It appears that dovecot is unable to read /etc/shadow as it is possible to create virtual users as per
https://wiki.dovecot.org/HowTo/SimpleVirtualInstall

cat /etc/devuan_version
chimaera

telnet localhost 143
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to bulawayo.
Escape character is '^]'.
* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE LITERAL+ STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN] Dovecot (Debian) ready.
a login david xxxxxxxxx
a NO [UNAVAILABLE] Temporary authentication failure. [bulawayo:2022-01-29 21:46:29]

sudo dovecot -n
[sudo] password for david:
# 2.3.13 (89f716dc2): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# Pigeonhole version 0.5.13 (cdd19fe3)
# OS: Linux 5.10.0-11-amd64 x86_64 Debian 11.1
# Hostname: bulawayo
auth_debug = yes
auth_verbose = yes
mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
mail_privileged_group = mail
namespace inbox {
inbox = yes
location =
mailbox Drafts {
special_use = \Drafts
}
mailbox Junk {
special_use = \Junk
}
mailbox Sent {
special_use = \Sent
}
mailbox "Sent Messages" {
special_use = \Sent
}
mailbox Trash {
special_use = \Trash
}
prefix =
}
passdb {
args = /etc/dovecot/passwd
driver = passwd-file
}
passdb {
driver = pam
}
protocols = " imap"
service imap-login {
inet_listener imap {
port = 143
}
inet_listener imaps {
port = 993
ssl = yes
}
}
ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
ssl_client_ca_dir = /etc/ssl/certs
ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it
ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it
userdb {
args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/home/vmail/%u
driver = static
}
userdb {
driver = passwd
}

nb the problem existed before the first userdb block was added for virtual users.

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David,

Is this still an issue or did you find a solution?

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David,

Is this still an issue or did you find a solution?

Thanks

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David,

On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 08:50:39AM +0000, David Matthews wrote:
> I run Devuan on my laptop which I use for development, but Debian on the VM
> that hosts my mail exchanger. I've not done any development for quite a few
> months, so I can't be definitive, but as above, presumably the problem is
> still in Devuan (but not Debian).

None of the packages are different. Devuan uses Debian's dovecot packages
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on Devuan but not Debian.

> I could make sure everything is up to date and run up my development
> environment and check if that would be helpful.

Yes, very. Thanks.

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Control: reassign -1 dovecot-core

Resolved. Documenting details here for reference.

Set

 auth_debug=yes
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On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 03:21:00PM +0000, David Matthews wrote:
> hi Mark
> 
> root@bulawayo:/home/david# doveadm auth test david@localhost
> Password: 
> passdb: david@localhost auth failed
> extra fields:
>   user=david@localhost
>   code=temp_fail
> 
> (same if I do david@bulawayo BTW)
> 
> and a grep at mail.warn:-
> 
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: fatal error: failed to reserve page summary memory
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: 
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: runtime stack:
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: runtime.throw(0x7f18f8934292, 0x25)
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: #011runtime/panic.go:1116 +0x74 fp=0x7f18f8641b30 sp=0x7f18f8641b00 pc=0x7f18f8762474
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: runtime.(*pageAlloc).sysInit(0x7f18f8b20428)
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: #011runtime/mpagealloc_64bit.go:80 +0x185 fp=0x7f18f8641bc0 sp=0x7f18f8641b30 pc=0x7f18f8758b25
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: runtime.(*pageAlloc).init(0x7f18f8b20428, 0x7f18f8b20420, 0x7f18f8b3ab18)
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: #011runtime/mpagealloc.go:317 +0x77 fp=0x7f18f8641be8 sp=0x7f18f8641bc0 pc=0x7f18f8756517
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: runtime.(*mheap).init(0x7f18f8b20420)
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: #011runtime/mheap.go:743 +0x24b fp=0x7f18f8641c10 sp=0x7f18f8641be8 pc=0x7f18f87534cb
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: runtime.mallocinit()
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: #011runtime/malloc.go:480 +0x109 fp=0x7f18f8641c38 sp=0x7f18f8641c10 pc=0x7f18f8738c09
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: runtime.schedinit()
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: #011runtime/proc.go:563 +0x65 fp=0x7f18f8641c90 sp=0x7f18f8641c38 pc=0x7f18f8765e25
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: runtime.rt0_go(0x7ffef46854f8, 0x2, 0x7ffef46854f8, 0x7f18f8642700, 0x7f18f91c4ea7, 0x0, 0x7f18f8642700, 0x7f18f8642700, 0xefb14e7355c6fbae, 0x7ffef4683b8e, ...)
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: #011runtime/asm_amd64.s:214 +0x129 fp=0x7f18f8641c98 sp=0x7f18f8641c90 pc=0x7f18f8794c09
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth: Error: auth worker: Aborted PASSV request for david@localhost: Worker process died unexpectedl


This problem with changes to the golang allocator is known upstream[1]. They
tolerate a memory requirement of 4096MB[2].

Configuring dovecot with

 default_vsz_limit = 4096M

restored normal function.

Mark

[1]  https://github.com/golang/go/issues/38010

[2]  https://github.com/golang/go/issues/38010#issuecomment-691772381

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Control: reassign -1 dovecot-core

Resolved. Documenting details here for reference.

Set

 auth_debug=yes
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to produce

On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 03:21:00PM +0000, David Matthews wrote:
> hi Mark
> 
> root@bulawayo:/home/david# doveadm auth test david@localhost
> Password: 
> passdb: david@localhost auth failed
> extra fields:
>   user=david@localhost
>   code=temp_fail
> 
> (same if I do david@bulawayo BTW)
> 
> and a grep at mail.warn:-
> 
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: fatal error: failed to reserve page summary memory
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: 
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: runtime stack:
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: runtime.throw(0x7f18f8934292, 0x25)
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: #011runtime/panic.go:1116 +0x74 fp=0x7f18f8641b30 sp=0x7f18f8641b00 pc=0x7f18f8762474
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: runtime.(*pageAlloc).sysInit(0x7f18f8b20428)
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: #011runtime/mpagealloc_64bit.go:80 +0x185 fp=0x7f18f8641bc0 sp=0x7f18f8641b30 pc=0x7f18f8758b25
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: runtime.(*pageAlloc).init(0x7f18f8b20428, 0x7f18f8b20420, 0x7f18f8b3ab18)
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: #011runtime/mpagealloc.go:317 +0x77 fp=0x7f18f8641be8 sp=0x7f18f8641bc0 pc=0x7f18f8756517
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: runtime.(*mheap).init(0x7f18f8b20420)
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: #011runtime/mheap.go:743 +0x24b fp=0x7f18f8641c10 sp=0x7f18f8641be8 pc=0x7f18f87534cb
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: runtime.mallocinit()
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: #011runtime/malloc.go:480 +0x109 fp=0x7f18f8641c38 sp=0x7f18f8641c10 pc=0x7f18f8738c09
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: runtime.schedinit()
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: #011runtime/proc.go:563 +0x65 fp=0x7f18f8641c90 sp=0x7f18f8641c38 pc=0x7f18f8765e25
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: runtime.rt0_go(0x7ffef46854f8, 0x2, 0x7ffef46854f8, 0x7f18f8642700, 0x7f18f91c4ea7, 0x0, 0x7f18f8642700, 0x7f18f8642700, 0xefb14e7355c6fbae, 0x7ffef4683b8e, ...)
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth-worker: Error: #011runtime/asm_amd64.s:214 +0x129 fp=0x7f18f8641c98 sp=0x7f18f8641c90 pc=0x7f18f8794c09
> /var/log/mail.warn:Feb 17 15:13:30 bulawayo dovecot: auth: Error: auth worker: Aborted PASSV request for david@localhost: Worker process died unexpectedl


This problem with changes to the golang allocator is known upstream[1]. They
tolerate a memory requirement of 4096MB[2].

Configuring dovecot with

 default_vsz_limit = 4096M

restored normal function.

Mark

[1]  https://github.com/golang/go/issues/38010

[2]  https://github.com/golang/go/issues/38010#issuecomment-691772381

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This *seems to be* a devuan problem on version 4 as there is no similar problem on debian 11 with identical config (see dovecot -n below). It commenced after a dist-upgrade from devuan 3 on *two* separate machines.

I've tried to get help with this on the dovecot list, but no one was able to find the problem; lack of devuan experience was sited. I also tried creating a new system user on the version 4 system, but the problem is the same. It appears that dovecot is unable to read /etc/shadow as it is possible to create virtual users as per
https://wiki.dovecot.org/HowTo/SimpleVirtualInstall

cat /etc/devuan_version
chimaera

telnet localhost 143
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to bulawayo.
Escape character is '^]'.
* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE LITERAL+ STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN] Dovecot (Debian) ready.
a login david xxxxxxxxx
a NO [UNAVAILABLE] Temporary authentication failure. [bulawayo:2022-01-29 21:46:29]

sudo dovecot -n
[sudo] password for david:
# 2.3.13 (89f716dc2): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# Pigeonhole version 0.5.13 (cdd19fe3)
# OS: Linux 5.10.0-11-amd64 x86_64 Debian 11.1
# Hostname: bulawayo
auth_debug = yes
auth_verbose = yes
mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
mail_privileged_group = mail
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inbox = yes
location =
mailbox Drafts {
special_use = \Drafts
}
mailbox Junk {
special_use = \Junk
}
mailbox Sent {
special_use = \Sent
}
mailbox "Sent Messages" {
special_use = \Sent
}
mailbox Trash {
special_use = \Trash
}
prefix =
}
passdb {
args = /etc/dovecot/passwd
driver = passwd-file
}
passdb {
driver = pam
}
protocols = " imap"
service imap-login {
inet_listener imap {
port = 143
}
inet_listener imaps {
port = 993
ssl = yes
}
}
ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
ssl_client_ca_dir = /etc/ssl/certs
ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it
ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it
userdb {
args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/home/vmail/%u
driver = static
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userdb {
driver = passwd
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Review of installed binaries revealed fscrypt which is implemented in golang and
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This *seems to be* a devuan problem on version 4 as there is no similar problem on debian 11 with identical config (see dovecot -n below). It commenced after a dist-upgrade from devuan 3 on *two* separate machines.

I've tried to get help with this on the dovecot list, but no one was able to find the problem; lack of devuan experience was sited. I also tried creating a new system user on the version 4 system, but the problem is the same. It appears that dovecot is unable to read /etc/shadow as it is possible to create virtual users as per
https://wiki.dovecot.org/HowTo/SimpleVirtualInstall

cat /etc/devuan_version
chimaera

telnet localhost 143
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to bulawayo.
Escape character is '^]'.
* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE LITERAL+ STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN] Dovecot (Debian) ready.
a login david xxxxxxxxx
a NO [UNAVAILABLE] Temporary authentication failure. [bulawayo:2022-01-29 21:46:29]

sudo dovecot -n
[sudo] password for david:
# 2.3.13 (89f716dc2): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# Pigeonhole version 0.5.13 (cdd19fe3)
# OS: Linux 5.10.0-11-amd64 x86_64 Debian 11.1
# Hostname: bulawayo
auth_debug = yes
auth_verbose = yes
mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
mail_privileged_group = mail
namespace inbox {
inbox = yes
location =
mailbox Drafts {
special_use = \Drafts
}
mailbox Junk {
special_use = \Junk
}
mailbox Sent {
special_use = \Sent
}
mailbox "Sent Messages" {
special_use = \Sent
}
mailbox Trash {
special_use = \Trash
}
prefix =
}
passdb {
args = /etc/dovecot/passwd
driver = passwd-file
}
passdb {
driver = pam
}
protocols = " imap"
service imap-login {
inet_listener imap {
port = 143
}
inet_listener imaps {
port = 993
ssl = yes
}
}
ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
ssl_client_ca_dir = /etc/ssl/certs
ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it
ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it
userdb {
args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/home/vmail/%u
driver = static
}
userdb {
driver = passwd
}

nb the problem existed before the first userdb block was added for virtual users.

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David Matthews
[email protected]

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