From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 25 06:04:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA01838 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 25 Jul 1997 06:04:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from buffnet4.buffnet.net (buffnet4.buffnet.net [205.246.19.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA01833 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 1997 06:04:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from buffnet11.buffnet.net (shovey@buffnet11.buffnet.net [205.246.19.55]) by buffnet4.buffnet.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA06495; Fri, 25 Jul 1997 09:03:34 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 09:03:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve Hovey To: Igor Mkrtoumian cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org'" Subject: Re: too many files open In-Reply-To: <01BC98E6.72505AA0@ararat.aua.am> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk You need to increase the ulimit - this can be done easily by editing the config and recompiling your kernal. On Fri, 25 Jul 1997, 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. > > Igor Mkrtoumian > American University of Armenia >