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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 12:08:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Sean-Paul Rees <sean@dreamfire.net>
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Subject: Re: File Descriptors...
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On Sat, 1 Aug 1998, Sean-Paul Rees wrote:

> Heya,
> 
> 	I'm planning to run an ircd off of one of the machines at work,
> and I need to compile it with 1024 file descriptors.  Unfortunately,  a
> limit turns up:
> 
> [sean@whitestar]-~> limit
> cputime         unlimited
> filesize        unlimited
> datasize        524288 kbytes
> stacksize       65536 kbytes
> coredumpsize    unlimited
> memoryuse       32768 kbytes
> descriptors     360
> memorylocked    unlimited
> maxproc         179             
> 
> 	I am in the class 'root'.  I need to be able to use 1024 file
> descriptors, and 'unlimit' doesn't do anything. :/  Ideas?

Edit /etc/login.conf

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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