>> Dear all, >> >> I have a mail server based on a CentOS 5.3 machine with postfix. >> >> >> Most of our users are on LDAP (on localhost) but we also have some local >> users and we are using PAM for authentication. > >Are you running nscd on the server? That should smooth out LDAP >blips, though I would disable nscd's dns caching in /etc/nscd.conf > >Is postfix configured to talk directly to LDAP ? What does the >configuration look like? > >nate We are using nscd with the default configuration. This server also has a web server, will disabling nscd's dns cache have negative impact on the performance in this service (or others)? Postfix does not talk with LDAP. Here's the configuration file: ---------------- queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix command_directory = /usr/sbin daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix mail_owner = postfix myhostname = mail.astro.up.pt mydomain = astro.up.pt myorigin = $mydomain inet_interfaces = all mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost, $mydomain unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550 mynetworks_style = host virtual_alias_domains = vlti.org sp-astronomia.pt virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual, hash:/etc/mailman/virtual-mailman smtp_generic_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/generic canonical_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/canonical alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases, hash:/etc/mailman/aliases alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases recipient_delimiter = + home_mailbox = Maildir/ mailbox_command = /usr/bin/procmail -d ${USER} debug_peer_level = 2 debugger_command = PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin xxgdb $daemon_directory/$process_name $process_id & sleep 5 sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix setgid_group = postdrop ### AMAVIS content_filter = smtp-amavis:[localhost]:10024 ### SASL #TLS - SMTP AUTH disable_vrfy_command = yes smtpd_use_tls = yes smtpd_tls_auth_only = yes tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/pki/tls/certs/mail-chained.pem smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/pki/tls/private/mail.astro.up.pt.key smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes # Security smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, permit_mynetworks, reject_unauth_destination # Options message_size_limit = 30960000 smtpd_timeout = 600 ----------------------------- Thanks, Manuel