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Date:      Sun, 21 Sep 1997 21:13:44 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Francis Vidal <francis@cody.usls.edu>
Cc:        FreeBSD-questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: increase file descriptors?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970921211121.4716J-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.970922101629.198A-100000@cody.usls.edu>

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On Mon, 22 Sep 1997, Francis Vidal wrote:

> hello everyone!
> 
> how do i increase the number of file descriptors of my FreeBSD box?

If you're on 2.2.2: Modify the ``openfiles'' capability in /etc/login.conf

For older OSs:  See ``options OPEN_MAX'' in /sys/i386/conf/LINT.

Why do you need to do this?  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
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