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Re: postfix/smtpd: fatal: watchdog timeout

From: Victor Duchovni (Victor.DuchovniMorganStanley.com)
Date: Thu Mar 03 2005 - 07:49:51 CST


On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 09:56:43AM +0100, lst_hoe01kwsoft.de wrote:

> It is a safety net from postfix. If the master process is not able to
> get a answer from the smtpd for a long time it kills it, because it is
> suspected that the smtpd process is dead. Not dangerous but worth to
> identify if it is happening more than once...

The master is not involved at all. The process kills itself when the
watchdog alarm goes off after 18000s of inactivity (5 hours!)

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        Viktor.

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