Same problem here, but in my case it didn't help to restart sasl or cyrus either ... (I'm not using pop3s either)
After changing the file "config.h.in": #define DEV_RANDOM "/dev/random" to #define DEV_RANDOM "/dev/urandom" and rebuilt/reinstalled the SASL software, pop3 now seems OK. [very strange...] Regards bryntez ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Rowell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Sebastian Hagedorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 9:47 PM Subject: Re: delayed response from pop3d : : On Tuesday, March 11, 2003, at 01:40 PM, Sebastian Hagedorn wrote: : : > -- Jon Rowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is rumored to have mumbled on : > Dienstag, 11. März 2003 12:24 Uhr -0600 regarding Re: delayed response : > from pop3d: : > : >> On Friday, March 7, 2003, at 12:40 PM, Rob Siemborski wrote: : >> : >>> On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Jon Rowell wrote: : >>> : >>>> Since the upgrade, I am getting a delayed response from my pop3d. I : >>>> have pop3 running on port 10110 and imap running on 10443 (as stated : >>>> in : >>>> cyrus.conf). If I startup master and then do "telnet localhost : >>>> 10110" : >>>> I get the usual telnet stuff about "connected to localhost" and : >>>> "Escape : >>>> character" but instead of getting the usual "+OK hostname Cyrus POP3 : >>>> v2.1.12 server ready ..." stuff it just sits there. The greeting : >>>> message does come up but it takes 5 minutes. After the greeting : >>>> comes : >>>> up, the server works fine. : >>>> : >>>> Imap appears to work fine. There is a split second delay that I : >>>> don't : >>>> remember being there but otherwise it is fine. : >>> : >>> Run the strace/truss equivilant on the processes and see whats taking : >>> them : >>> so long. : >>> : >>> Offhand, it sounds like a /dev/random problem (not enough entropy), : >>> in : >>> which case the solution is to link /dev/urandom to /dev/random. : >> : >> Linking /dev/random to /dev/urandom fixed the problem but it made my : >> machine fail when it booted because of a device checking mechanism in : >> the : >> boot process. : >> : >> Is there a way I can force cyrus to use /dev/urandom instead of : >> /dev/random? : > : > Hmm this sounds awfully similar to a problem I described this : > afternoon, but: : > : > if I understand you correctly, you're not doing an SSL connection, are : > you? If so, why should /dev/random make a difference? Also, *my* : > version of Cyrus seems to be already using /dev/urandom (it appeared : > later in the strace output). I haven't been able to reproduce this, : > but I expect it to return after some time: : > : : Correct. I am not doing an ssl connection. I'm not sure why : /dev/random makes a difference but apparently it does. According to : truss, pop3d looks at /dev/random and then goes to sleep. It will : return eventually... 5 or 10 minutes later. I find it odd that imapd : does not behave the same way but it doesn't. : : Jon Rowell : : >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# pop3test -s -m PLAIN -a a0620 -u a0620 : >> pop.uni-koeln.de : >> : >> When I do that command, nothing happens for several minutes. I did an : >> strace on the process: : >> : >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# strace -p 9959 : >> select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {0, 680000}) = 0 (Timeout) : >> select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {1, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) : >> .... (many more lines like that) : >> open("/var/lib/imap/tls_sessions.db", : >> O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_EXCL|O_LARGEFILE, : >> 0664) = -1 EEXIST (File exists) brk(0x8097000) : >> = : >> 0x8097000 : >> time([1047377450]) = 1047377450 : >> getpid() = 9959 : >> : >> From that point onwards everything is fine, but it takes literally : >> minutes to get there. Restarting master gets rid of the problem, but : >> that's not really a solution ;-) : > -- : > Sebastian Hagedorn M.A. - RZKR-R1 (Flachbau), Zi. 18, Robert-Koch-Str. : > 10 : > Zentrum für angewandte Informatik - Universitätsweiter Service RRZK : > Universität zu Köln / Cologne University - Tel. : > +49-221-478-5587<mime-attachment> : :