saslauthd stops working

[omalleys at msu.edu]

Quoting "Dan White" <dwhite at olp.net>:


>> 4) where would I put the option to increase threads?  Do you have a
>> recommendation for 3200 users?
>
> I don't know that the number of threads is an issue, particularly if you
> are using pam or shadow. I would not expect you to need more, but if for
> some reason you're hitting a resource limit, you can try changing your
> FLAGS= entry in /etc/sysconfig/saslauthd to:
>
> FLAGS="-n

I would go the other way and try -n0 first. If it is a threading  
issue, then this will solve it. You don't this with pam. saslauthd  
locks up and crashes on occasion when multiple users tried to auth  
simultaneously, as the default I believe is -n5. I don't know if that  
fixes it for shadow or not, but that would be my first guess.

>> 5) how do I upgrade to 2.1.23 if not listed in yum?  I can't use the
>> binaries since I'm using Fedora 11 rpms installed via yum.

Use the Fedora 12 rpms or upgrade to F12 :P