saslauthd performance

[Ken Murchison]

Axel Grupe wrote:

> lst_hoe01 at kwsoft.de wrote:
> 
>>Zitat von Axel Grupe <grupe at osnanet.de>:
>>
>>  
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>>>I'm running Debian Sarge so it's:
>>>saslauthd 2.1.19
>>>Source: pam-mysql    Version: 0.5.0-6
>>>The System is just in testing mode, so it hasn't been up for a longer time.
>>>But thanks for the tip, I will observe it.
>>>    
>>>
>>
>>Could you send me (lst_hoe01 at kwsoft.de) the source from pam_mysql Debian is
>>shipping. I heard some rumors they fixed some of the leaks.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Andreas
>>
>>
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> In reply to leaking memory with saslauthd with n > 0.
> I observed the problem now for nearly two days and it seems, that the 
> daemon really leaks memory!
> It started with about 3908 kb and now it requires 6596 kb.
> So its not the best idea, or the daemon must be restarted on some days 
> in the week, bad solution too.

Let's no mislead people.  saslauthd does NOT leak memory.  Some PAM 
modules DO leak, which causes saslauthd to grow as a side effect. 
saslauthd works fine with well-written password authenticators 
(including some PAM modules).

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