very old imapd process in /var/lib/cyrus/proc

[Simon Matter]

> Hi,
>
> Am Donnerstag, den 20.01.2011, 21:02 +0100 schrieb Simon Matter:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I see some very old pid files in /var/lib/cyrus/proc:
>> >
>> > -rw-------  1 cyrus mail   58  9. Nov 21:24 12116
>> > -rw-------  1 cyrus mail   58  9. Nov 23:56 26636
>> > -rw-------  1 cyrus mail   46 23. Nov 10:00 30308
>> > -rw-------  1 cyrus mail   53  3. Dez 21:11 5042
>> > -rw-------  1 cyrus mail   87  5. Dez 14:54 5623
>> > -rw-------  1 cyrus mail   53 19. Nov 11:03 7064
>> > -rw-------  1 cyrus mail   55 21. Dez 11:41 8681
>> > -rw-------  1 cyrus mail   17 26. Nov 13:59 9610
>> > ...
>> >
>> > # more 30308
>> > xxx.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [80.131.xxx.xxx]
>> >
>> > The imapd processes are still running. How to kill them? Just a "kill
>> > pidnumer" for each of them or will that harm any cyrus databases?
>>
>> I think killing the way you said (which means SIGTERM) is not a problem.
>> However, it would be interesting to know what those processes are doing?
>> Maybe you could strace them?
>> I think the newer cyrus-imapd versions have some ways to detect not
>> existing clients while older version waited forever, so what's your
>> version?
>
> I'm using Cyrus 2.2.13-14+lenny3 on a Debian/Lenny system.

Then I think you don't have those fixes and are expected to see such never
ending processes (pop processes)?

Simon