Re: [exim-dev] accept() failure: Bad file descriptor

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Author: Usman Siddiqui
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To: exim-dev
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Subject: Re: [exim-dev] accept() failure: Bad file descriptor
> > > > The point from where the problem started...
> > > >
> > > > 50 accept() failures: Socket operation on

non-socket
> > >
> > >What happened immediately before that?
> >
> > before that the system was running fine .
> >
> > A mail deliver completed message was their, the

system
> > does not show any thing malformed in logs thats

the
> > problematic part.
>
> Log rotation, perhaps? Though I'd expect that to

trigger the problem every
> day.
>
> Something seems to be closing Exim's listening

socket, which should not
> happen.



The port 25 socket remains open in that , when i
telnet to that port the kernel does open it for exim
.. but exim does not respond the banner.

It's pretty strange


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