Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 00:54:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: John Boggs <jdb@robigo.visi.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Too many open files for user ppp Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960920005256.1049R-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199609191118.GAA03869@robigo.visi.com>
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On Thu, 19 Sep 1996, John Boggs wrote: > When ppp connects after it's been running for a number of days, I get > this error near the end of the log: > > 09-19 05:42:01 [14689] myaddr = 206.11.194.29 hisaddr = 206.11.195.250 > socket: Too many open files > 09-19 05:42:01 [14689] OsLinkup: 206.11.195.250 > can't open /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup. > can't open /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup. > can't open /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup. > 09-19 05:42:01 [14689] LCP: Received Protocol Reject (3) state = Opend (9) > 09-19 05:42:01 [14689] -- Protocol (80fd) was rejected. > 09-19 05:42:01 [14689] CCP: LayerFinish. > 09-19 05:42:01 [14689] CCP: state change Req-Sent --> Stopped > > It doesn't affect my connection. Is there a way to prevent getting > the ``socket:too many open files'' error? Check the questions archive; someone just posted a way of releasing these limits. You may need to recompile your kernel and increase the number of available filehandles too. 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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