Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 11:28:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> To: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> Cc: Kip Macy <kip@lyris.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern.maxfiles and kern.maxfilesperproc Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909201126390.3709-100000@dt014nb6.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9909201036550.25698-100000@shell.uniserve.ca>
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On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, Tom wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Sep 1999, Kip Macy wrote:
>
> > Is kern.maxfiles the total number of files that can be open on the system
> > at one time? If so it seems very silly that by default it is the same
> > number as kern.maxfilesperproc -- meaning that any process can use up the
> > total number of files available to the system.
> > Thanks.
>
> Howerver, login.conf controls those limits. maxfilesperproc should
> probably be deprecated now.
Given the spotty history of login.conf, and the extreme lack of
enthusiasm for finishing it and/or keeping it up to date, I'm not sure we
should be deprecating anything in favor of it. Also, the fact that you
_can_ use login.conf to set the per usr/per process limits is another vote
in favor of keeping the total maxfiles and the per process maxfiles the
same.
Doug
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