Bug#425944: cupsys: cupsd opens approx 200 FIFO endpoints per print job that are never closed.
Package: cupsys
Version: 1.2.11-2
Subject: cupsys: cupsd opens approx 200 FIFO endpoints per print job that are never closed.
Severity: important
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Each time a print job is sent to an Epson 1280 printer, cupsd opens
approx. 200 FIFO handles which never get closed. After a few print jobs
(about 5), the system's per-process open handle limit is reached, and no
additional jobs are accepted. Additionaly, once the open file limit is
reached, the web interface starts returning "404 Not Found" errors. The
/var/cups/error_log file gets overwhelmed with "Too many open files"
errors and rapidly grows to several MB in size. Restarting cupsys will
allow cups to temporarily function until the max open file limit is
again reached.
When printing without pre-filtering to a Postscript capable printer,
only about 10 FIFO endpoints are opened per print job. These are also
never closed.
Here is the output from lsof after cupsys was restarted and the test
page was sent via the web interface to an Epson 1280:
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# lsof -p $(pidof cupsd)
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME
cupsd 8445 cupsys cwd DIR 254,6 4096 2 /
cupsd 8445 cupsys rtd DIR 254,6 4096 2 /
cupsd 8445 cupsys txt REG 254,8 341372 377288 /usr/sbin/cupsd
cupsd 8445 cupsys mem REG 254,8 928724 229493 /usr/lib/libdb-4.3.so
cupsd 8445 cupsys mem REG 254,8 16540 524510 /usr/lib/libnss_db-2.2.3.so
cupsd 8445 cupsys mem REG 254,6 38416 36657 /lib/i686/cmov/libnss_files-2.5.so
cupsd 8445 cupsys mem REG 254,8 69697312 278561 /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive
cupsd 8445 cupsys mem REG 254,8 88832 231369 /usr/lib/libsasl2.so.2.0.22
cupsd 8445 cupsys mem REG 254,8 47128 229801 /usr/lib/liblber.so.2.0.130
cupsd 8445 cupsys mem REG 254,6 67408 36685 /lib/i686/cmov/libresolv-2.5.so
cupsd 8445 cupsys mem REG 254,8 329696 230525 /usr/lib/libgcrypt.so.11.2.3
cupsd 8445 cupsys mem REG 254,6 79600 36369 /lib/i686/cmov/libnsl-2.5.so
cupsd 8445 cupsys mem REG 254,8 11556 230032 /usr/lib/libgpg-error.so.0.3.0
cupsd 8445 cupsys mem REG 254,8 59600 230528 /usr/lib/libtasn1.so.3.0.9
cupsd 8445 cupsys mem REG 254,6 1315328 35767 /lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.5.so
cupsd 8445 cupsys mem REG 254,6 21908 35797 /lib/i686/cmov/libcrypt-2.5.so
cupsd 8445 cupsys mem REG 254,6 153424 36099 /lib/i686/cmov/libm-2.5.so
cupsd 8445 cupsys mem REG 254,6 112373 36684 /lib/i686/cmov/libpthread-2.5.so
cupsd 8445 cupsys mem REG 254,8 192360 229471 /usr/lib/libcups.so.2
cupsd 8445 cupsys mem REG 254,8 201212 229891 /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3.2.0
cupsd 8445 cupsys mem REG 254,8 8248 230128 /usr/lib/libpaper.so.1.1.2
cupsd 8445 cupsys mem REG 254,6 9684 36075 /lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.5.so
cupsd 8445 cupsys mem REG 254,6 29700 16795 /lib/libpam.so.0.79
cupsd 8445 cupsys mem REG 254,8 217840 229802 /usr/lib/libldap_r.so.2.0.130
cupsd 8445 cupsys mem REG 254,8 59564 230117 /usr/lib/libslp.so.1.0.1
cupsd 8445 cupsys mem REG 254,8 442108 229765 /usr/lib/libgnutls.so.13.2.3
cupsd 8445 cupsys mem REG 254,8 78040 230158 /usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.3
cupsd 8445 cupsys mem REG 254,6 34352 36675 /lib/i686/cmov/libnss_nis-2.5.so
cupsd 8445 cupsys mem REG 254,6 30436 36370 /lib/i686/cmov/libnss_compat-2.5.so
cupsd 8445 cupsys mem REG 254,6 117460 16437 /lib/ld-2.5.so
cupsd 8445 cupsys 0r CHR 1,9 1715 /dev/urandom
cupsd 8445 cupsys 1u IPv4 67231602 TCP localhost:ipp (LISTEN)
cupsd 8445 cupsys 2u IPv4 67231603 TCP 192.168.1.2:ipp (LISTEN)
cupsd 8445 cupsys 3u unix 0xed34b740 67231604 /var/run/cups/cups.sock
cupsd 8445 cupsys 4u IPv4 67231606 UDP *:ipp
cupsd 8445 cupsys 5r FIFO 0,5 67231607 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 6w FIFO 0,5 67231607 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 7u unix 0xdc088ac0 67231631 /var/run/cups/cups.sock
cupsd 8445 cupsys 8u unix 0xedab0740 67231650 /var/run/cups/cups.sock
cupsd 8445 cupsys 10r FIFO 0,5 67232140 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 11u REG 254,7 1214753 131220 /var/log/cups/access_log
cupsd 8445 cupsys 12u REG 254,7 1535 131231 /var/log/cups/page_log
cupsd 8445 cupsys 13r FIFO 0,5 67232122 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 14r FIFO 0,5 67232124 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 15r FIFO 0,5 67232131 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 16r FIFO 0,5 67232134 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 17r FIFO 0,5 67234565 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 18r FIFO 0,5 67232188 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 19r FIFO 0,5 67232189 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 20r FIFO 0,5 67232190 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 21r FIFO 0,5 67232191 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 22r FIFO 0,5 67232211 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 23r FIFO 0,5 67232214 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 24r FIFO 0,5 67232248 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 25r FIFO 0,5 67232249 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 26r FIFO 0,5 67232250 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 27r FIFO 0,5 67232251 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 28r FIFO 0,5 67232253 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 29r FIFO 0,5 67232254 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 30r FIFO 0,5 67232255 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 31r FIFO 0,5 67232256 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 32r FIFO 0,5 67232257 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 33r FIFO 0,5 67232258 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 34r FIFO 0,5 67232259 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 35r FIFO 0,5 67232260 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 36r FIFO 0,5 67232262 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 37r FIFO 0,5 67232263 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 38r FIFO 0,5 67232264 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 39r FIFO 0,5 67232271 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 40r FIFO 0,5 67232272 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 41r FIFO 0,5 67232273 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 42r FIFO 0,5 67232274 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 43r FIFO 0,5 67232275 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 44r FIFO 0,5 67232276 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 45r FIFO 0,5 67232277 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 46r FIFO 0,5 67232278 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 47r FIFO 0,5 67232279 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 48r FIFO 0,5 67232280 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 49r FIFO 0,5 67232281 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 50r FIFO 0,5 67232282 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 51r FIFO 0,5 67232283 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 52r FIFO 0,5 67232284 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 53r FIFO 0,5 67232285 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 54r FIFO 0,5 67232286 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 55r FIFO 0,5 67232287 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 56r FIFO 0,5 67232288 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 57r FIFO 0,5 67232289 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 58r FIFO 0,5 67232296 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 59r FIFO 0,5 67232297 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 60r FIFO 0,5 67232298 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 61r FIFO 0,5 67232299 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 62r FIFO 0,5 67232300 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 63r FIFO 0,5 67232301 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 64r FIFO 0,5 67232302 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 65r FIFO 0,5 67232303 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 66r FIFO 0,5 67232304 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 67r FIFO 0,5 67232305 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 68r FIFO 0,5 67232306 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 69r FIFO 0,5 67232307 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 70r FIFO 0,5 67232308 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 71r FIFO 0,5 67232309 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 72r FIFO 0,5 67232310 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 73r FIFO 0,5 67232311 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 74r FIFO 0,5 67232312 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 75r FIFO 0,5 67232313 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 76r FIFO 0,5 67232314 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 77r FIFO 0,5 67232315 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 78r FIFO 0,5 67232316 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 79r FIFO 0,5 67232317 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 80r FIFO 0,5 67232324 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 81r FIFO 0,5 67232325 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 82r FIFO 0,5 67232326 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 83r FIFO 0,5 67232327 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 84r FIFO 0,5 67232328 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 85r FIFO 0,5 67232329 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 86r FIFO 0,5 67232330 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 87r FIFO 0,5 67232331 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 88r FIFO 0,5 67232332 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 89r FIFO 0,5 67232333 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 90r FIFO 0,5 67232334 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 91r FIFO 0,5 67232335 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 92r FIFO 0,5 67232336 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 93r FIFO 0,5 67232337 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 94r FIFO 0,5 67232338 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 95r FIFO 0,5 67232339 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 96r FIFO 0,5 67232340 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 97r FIFO 0,5 67232341 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 98r FIFO 0,5 67232342 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 99r FIFO 0,5 67232343 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 100r FIFO 0,5 67232350 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 101r FIFO 0,5 67232351 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 102r FIFO 0,5 67232352 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 103r FIFO 0,5 67232353 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 104r FIFO 0,5 67232354 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 105r FIFO 0,5 67232355 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 106r FIFO 0,5 67232356 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 107r FIFO 0,5 67232357 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 108r FIFO 0,5 67232358 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 109r FIFO 0,5 67232359 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 110r FIFO 0,5 67232360 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 111r FIFO 0,5 67232496 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 112r FIFO 0,5 67232497 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 113r FIFO 0,5 67232498 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 114r FIFO 0,5 67232499 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 115r FIFO 0,5 67232500 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 116r FIFO 0,5 67232501 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 117r FIFO 0,5 67232502 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 118r FIFO 0,5 67232503 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 119r FIFO 0,5 67232504 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 120r FIFO 0,5 67232505 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 121r FIFO 0,5 67232506 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 122r FIFO 0,5 67232507 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 123r FIFO 0,5 67232511 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 124r FIFO 0,5 67232513 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 125r FIFO 0,5 67232514 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 126r FIFO 0,5 67232521 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 127r FIFO 0,5 67232522 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 128r FIFO 0,5 67232523 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 129r FIFO 0,5 67232524 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 130r FIFO 0,5 67232525 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 131r FIFO 0,5 67232526 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 132r FIFO 0,5 67232527 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 133r FIFO 0,5 67232652 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 134r FIFO 0,5 67232722 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 136r FIFO 0,5 67232723 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 137r FIFO 0,5 67232724 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 138r FIFO 0,5 67232725 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 139r FIFO 0,5 67232727 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 140r FIFO 0,5 67232728 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 141r FIFO 0,5 67232729 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 142r FIFO 0,5 67232736 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 143r FIFO 0,5 67232737 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 144r FIFO 0,5 67232768 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 145r FIFO 0,5 67232982 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 146r FIFO 0,5 67232990 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 147r FIFO 0,5 67233062 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 148r FIFO 0,5 67233290 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 149r FIFO 0,5 67233070 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 150r FIFO 0,5 67233293 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 151r FIFO 0,5 67233302 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 152r FIFO 0,5 67233303 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 153r FIFO 0,5 67233310 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 154r FIFO 0,5 67233312 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 155r FIFO 0,5 67233313 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 156r FIFO 0,5 67233323 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 157r FIFO 0,5 67233331 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 158r FIFO 0,5 67233332 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 159r FIFO 0,5 67233333 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 160r FIFO 0,5 67233334 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 161r FIFO 0,5 67233388 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 162r FIFO 0,5 67233504 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 163r FIFO 0,5 67233535 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 164r FIFO 0,5 67233543 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 165r FIFO 0,5 67233545 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 166r FIFO 0,5 67233553 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 167r FIFO 0,5 67233554 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 168r FIFO 0,5 67233556 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 169r FIFO 0,5 67233563 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 170r FIFO 0,5 67233565 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 171r FIFO 0,5 67233566 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 172r FIFO 0,5 67233575 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 173r FIFO 0,5 67233577 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 174r FIFO 0,5 67233585 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 175r FIFO 0,5 67233586 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 176r FIFO 0,5 67233623 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 177r FIFO 0,5 67233787 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 178r FIFO 0,5 67233796 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 179r FIFO 0,5 67233804 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 180r FIFO 0,5 67233805 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 181r FIFO 0,5 67234039 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 182r FIFO 0,5 67234049 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 183r FIFO 0,5 67234057 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 184r FIFO 0,5 67234264 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 185r FIFO 0,5 67234273 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 186r FIFO 0,5 67234282 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 187r FIFO 0,5 67234290 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 188r FIFO 0,5 67234497 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 189r FIFO 0,5 67234508 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 190r FIFO 0,5 67234509 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 191r FIFO 0,5 67234517 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 192r FIFO 0,5 67234519 pipe
cupsd 8445 cupsys 193r FIFO 0,5 67234564 pipe
#
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Here is a portion of /var/log/cups/error_log:
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E [24/May/2007:11:16:10 -0500] CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer: Unauthorized
E [24/May/2007:11:17:30 -0500] cupsdCallPamAuthHelper: Could not wait for authentication helper
E [24/May/2007:11:17:30 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: PAM authentication helper failed with code 2
E [24/May/2007:11:17:32 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: pam_authenticate() returned 7 (Authentication failure)!
E [24/May/2007:11:28:35 -0500] cupsdCallPamAuthHelper: pipe() failed: Too many open files
E [24/May/2007:11:28:35 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: PAM authentication helper failed with code 2
E [24/May/2007:11:28:35 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: pam_authenticate() returned 6 (Permission denied)!
E [24/May/2007:11:28:35 -0500] Unable to create pipes for CGI /usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi - Too many open files
E [24/May/2007:11:31:35 -0500] cupsdCallPamAuthHelper: pipe() failed: Too many open files
E [24/May/2007:11:31:35 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: PAM authentication helper failed with code 2
E [24/May/2007:11:31:35 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: pam_start() returned 26 (Critical error - immediate abort)!
E [24/May/2007:11:31:35 -0500] Unable to create pipes for CGI /usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi - Too many open files
E [24/May/2007:11:31:35 -0500] cupsdCallPamAuthHelper: pipe() failed: Too many open files
E [24/May/2007:11:31:35 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: PAM authentication helper failed with code 2
E [24/May/2007:11:31:35 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: pam_start() returned 26 (Critical error - immediate abort)!
E [24/May/2007:13:32:49 -0500] cupsdCallPamAuthHelper: pipe() failed: Too many open files
E [24/May/2007:13:32:49 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: PAM authentication helper failed with code 2
E [24/May/2007:13:32:49 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: pam_start() returned 26 (Critical error - immediate abort)!
E [24/May/2007:13:32:49 -0500] Unable to create pipes for CGI /usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi - Too many open files
E [24/May/2007:13:33:00 -0500] cupsdCallPamAuthHelper: pipe() failed: Too many open files
E [24/May/2007:13:33:00 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: PAM authentication helper failed with code 2
E [24/May/2007:13:33:00 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: pam_start() returned 26 (Critical error - immediate abort)!
E [24/May/2007:13:33:00 -0500] Unable to create pipes for CGI /usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi - Too many open files
E [24/May/2007:13:33:37 -0500] cupsdCallPamAuthHelper: pipe() failed: Too many open files
E [24/May/2007:13:33:37 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: PAM authentication helper failed with code 2
E [24/May/2007:13:33:37 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: pam_start() returned 26 (Critical error - immediate abort)!
E [24/May/2007:13:33:37 -0500] Unable to create pipes for CGI /usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi - Too many open files
E [24/May/2007:13:33:54 -0500] cupsdCallPamAuthHelper: pipe() failed: Too many open files
E [24/May/2007:13:33:54 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: PAM authentication helper failed with code 2
E [24/May/2007:13:33:54 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: pam_start() returned 26 (Critical error - immediate abort)!
E [24/May/2007:13:33:54 -0500] Unable to create pipes for CGI /usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi - Too many open files
E [24/May/2007:13:34:05 -0500] cupsdCallPamAuthHelper: pipe() failed: Too many open files
E [24/May/2007:13:34:05 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: PAM authentication helper failed with code 2
E [24/May/2007:13:34:05 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: pam_start() returned 26 (Critical error - immediate abort)!
E [24/May/2007:13:34:05 -0500] Unable to create pipes for CGI /usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/help.cgi - Too many open files
E [24/May/2007:13:41:39 -0500] cupsdCallPamAuthHelper: pipe() failed: Too many open files
E [24/May/2007:13:41:39 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: PAM authentication helper failed with code 2
E [24/May/2007:13:41:39 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: pam_start() returned 26 (Critical error - immediate abort)!
E [24/May/2007:13:41:39 -0500] Unable to create pipes for CGI /usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi - Too many open files
E [24/May/2007:15:24:17 -0500] cupsdCallPamAuthHelper: pipe() failed: Too many open files
E [24/May/2007:15:24:17 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: PAM authentication helper failed with code 2
E [24/May/2007:15:24:17 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: pam_start() returned 26 (Critical error - immediate abort)!
E [24/May/2007:15:24:17 -0500] Unable to create pipes for CGI /usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi - Too many open files
E [24/May/2007:16:20:56 -0500] cupsdCallPamAuthHelper: pipe() failed: Too many open files
E [24/May/2007:16:20:56 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: PAM authentication helper failed with code 2
E [24/May/2007:16:20:56 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: pam_authenticate() returned 6 (Permission denied)!
E [24/May/2007:16:20:56 -0500] Unable to create pipes for CGI /usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi - Too many open files
E [24/May/2007:17:24:54 -0500] cupsdCallPamAuthHelper: pipe() failed: Too many open files
E [24/May/2007:17:24:54 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: PAM authentication helper failed with code 2
E [24/May/2007:17:24:54 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: pam_start() returned 26 (Critical error - immediate abort)!
E [24/May/2007:17:24:54 -0500] cupsdCallPamAuthHelper: pipe() failed: Too many open files
E [24/May/2007:17:24:54 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: PAM authentication helper failed with code 2
E [24/May/2007:17:24:54 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: pam_start() returned 26 (Critical error - immediate abort)!
E [24/May/2007:17:24:54 -0500] Unable to accept client connection - Too many open files.
E [24/May/2007:17:24:54 -0500] Unable to accept client connection - Too many open files.
E [24/May/2007:17:24:54 -0500] Unable to accept client connection - Too many open files.
E [24/May/2007:17:24:54 -0500] Unable to accept client connection - Too many open files.
E [24/May/2007:17:24:54 -0500] Unable to accept client connection - Too many open files.
E [24/May/2007:17:24:54 -0500] Unable to accept client connection - Too many open files.
E [24/May/2007:17:24:54 -0500] Unable to accept client connection - Too many open files.
E [24/May/2007:17:24:54 -0500] Unable to accept client connection - Too many open files.
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The "Unable to accept client connection - Too many open files." error
repeats over 100000 times in about 4 seconds.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.20 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages cupsys depends on:
ii adduser 3.102 Add and remove users and groups
ii cupsys-common 1.2.11-2 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.13 Debian configuration management sy
ii gs-esp 8.15.3.dfsg.1-1 The Ghostscript PostScript interpr
ii libc6 2.5-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcupsimage2 1.2.11-2 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
ii libcupsys2 1.2.11-2 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
ii libdbus-1-3 1.0.2-5 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libgnutls13 1.6.2-2 the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii libldap2 2.1.30-13.4 OpenLDAP libraries
ii libpam0g 0.79-4 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libpaper1 1.1.21 Library for handling paper charact
ii libslp1 1.2.1-6.2 OpenSLP libraries
ii lsb-base 3.1-23.1 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
ii patch 2.5.9-4 Apply a diff file to an original
ii perl-modules 5.8.8-7 Core Perl modules
ii poppler-utils [xpdf-util 0.5.4-4 PDF utilitites (based on libpopple
ii procps 1:3.2.7-3 /proc file system utilities
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-15 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages cupsys recommends:
ii cupsys-client 1.2.11-2 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
ii foomatic-filters 3.0.2-20061031-1.2 linuxprinting.org printer support
ii smbclient 3.0.25-1+b1 a LanManager-like simple client fo
-- debconf information:
cupsys/raw-print: true
cupsys/backend: ipp, lpd, parallel, socket, usb
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