Re: [webmin-l] Usermin crashing

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On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, linux wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I couldn't find anything in the archives, though I may have used the wrong
> terms.
>
> We have been running webmin and usermin for a couple years without any
> problems until just recently.  This week I've received calls about usermin
> being down, and the only way I've been able to start it up again is to
> restart the server.
>
> Does usermin or webmin have a log file, or can I turn on logging for them?
>
> I did turn on the e-mail notification for services changing states, and that
> works, I received an e-mail earlier about usermin being down.
>
> For restart usermin I've tried:
> Clicking start from the webmin service monitor, also from the usermin
> configuration page.
> /etc/init.d/usermin restart (and start)
> /etc/usermin/start
> And /usr/libexec/usermin/miniserv.pl /etc/usermin/miniserv.conf  (what
> /etc/usermin/start does)
>
> None of them result in usermin running, nor do they report errors (except
> the ones that try to stop usermin, they error because it isn't running to be
> stopped)
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>

   I have occasionally seen usermin consume all available memory, and then 
crash after selected users try to read their mailboxes with usermin.  The 
miniserv.error file (I have it in /var/usermin) showed "out of memory", 
and the miniserv.log showed a user trying to read mail.

   My problem is that I cannot repeat this problem on demand, so I havn't 
been able to determine the root cause.  Does your logfiles show anything 
similar?


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