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Date:      Tue, 22 Apr 1997 17:39:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Robert Watson <robert@fledge.watson.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: File Table full
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970422173916.24344H-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970422181854.19078A-100000@fledge.watson.org>

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On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, Robert Watson wrote:

> > > Apr 21 12:08:56 fledge syslogd: /dev/console: Too many open files in
> > > system: Too
> > >  many open files in system
> > 
> > Not really.  You want to probably tweak CHILD_MAX and OPEN_MAX.  
> 
> I was unsure if this was a user hitting a by-uid limit on files, or if the
> actual system table for all file descriptors was being hit?  Is there any
> way to find out a) if it was a specific user or the system, and b) if it
> was a specific user, who it was so I could find out what program ran into
> the problem?

I wouldn't know.  If the machine's been up for a while, it may be due for
a reboot.  

fstat may help you find what program is holding a lot of files open.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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