Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 12:22:53 +0200 From: Michael Beckmann <beckmann@nacamar.net> To: Igor Mkrtoumian <imkrtoum@aua.am>, "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: too many files open Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19970725122253.00a4b720@mail.nacamar.de> In-Reply-To: <01BC98E6.72505AA0@ararat.aua.am>
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At 10:35 25.07.97 +0400, Igor Mkrtoumian wrote: >Our local network e-mail is serviced by Mercury. SMTP gateway sends mail to FeeBSD 2.1.0. >Lastly very often we receive messages like this: >451 queuename: Cannot create "qfJAA11154" in "/var/spool/mqueue" >(euid=0): Too many open files in system >We are shutting down FreeBSD and rebooting it again to overcome the problem. >Can anybody help me please with the advice how to solve the problem permanently. Try the sysctl program. Use it to display and set the parameters: kern.maxfiles: 4136 kern.maxfilesperproc: 4136 Depending on what these parameters are set to, you may have to increase them. You may also want to build a kernel with a higher value for MAXUSERS. Michael
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