Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:18:20 +0200 From: Pieter de Goeje <pieter@degoeje.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: VeeJay <maanjee@gmail.com> Subject: Re: kern.maxfiles limit exceeded by uid 1003? what to do? Message-ID: <200904141618.20480.pieter@degoeje.nl> In-Reply-To: <2cd0a0da0904140511y53fe5da6tc1aaea76bc712d30@mail.gmail.com> References: <2cd0a0da0904140511y53fe5da6tc1aaea76bc712d30@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tuesday 14 April 2009 14:11:02 VeeJay wrote: > Hi there > > I am keep getting this error on the screen. I have tried to solve this > problem by myself but still no luck. Could anyone guide what to do to > increase the limit and avoid this error? > > kern.maxfiles limit exceeded by uid 1003, please see tuning(7) > kern.maxfiles limit exceeded by uid 1003, please see tuning(7) > kern.maxfiles limit exceeded by uid 1003, please see tuning(7) > kern.maxfiles limit exceeded by uid 1003, please see tuning(7) > Apr 14 11:08:08 server2 postfix/pickup[25022] : fatal : kqueue : Too many > files open in the system > Apr 14 11:08:08 server2 postfix/pickup[25023] : fatal : kqueue : Too many > files open in the system > kern.maxfiles limit exceeded by uid 1003, please see tuning(7) > kern.maxfiles limit exceeded by uid 1003, please see tuning(7) > kern.maxfiles limit exceeded by uid 1003, please see tuning(7) > kern.maxfiles limit exceeded by uid 1003, please see tuning(7) > > When this happens, I am unable to login on the server by consol or ssh. what > to do? And I have to restart the server manually.... by on/off switch... Check kern.openfiles sysctl to see if it is close to kern.maxfiles. Tune kern.maxfiles and kern.maxfilesperproc (use bigger numbers). kern.maxfiles: Maximum number of files kern.maxfilesperproc: Maximum files allowed open per process kern.openfiles: System-wide number of open files HTH, Pieter de Goeje
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