Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:56:47 +0200 From: Frederique Rijsdijk <frederique@isafeelin.org> To: VeeJay <maanjee@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: kern.maxfiles limit exceeded by uid 1003? what to do? Message-ID: <49E4880F.2060601@isafeelin.org> In-Reply-To: <2cd0a0da0904140511y53fe5da6tc1aaea76bc712d30@mail.gmail.com> References: <2cd0a0da0904140511y53fe5da6tc1aaea76bc712d30@mail.gmail.com>
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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... If it's not a very busy machine, something must be wrong with postfix to cause this error. If it is a busy machine, you can increase the kern.maxfiles. sysctl kern.maxfiles=<number> You can set it in /etc/sysctl.conf to set it at boot time. -- Frederique
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