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From: Rashid  Karimov <rashid@rk.ios.com>
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Subject: Re: Too many files open.
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 10:36:32 -0500 (EST)
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		Hi there ppl,

> 
> 
> 	Trying to run named, I get a socket error "too many files open" 
> in /var/log/messages. There are over 2000 files available, and very few 
> <200 are used.

	Probably you hit per-user limit ( does one exist for root ? :),
	not the system wide one.Take alook at the LINT file in /sys/i386/conf  it 
	has almost all parameters you would need.
	You can also try to man "ulimit" and setrusage  syscalls.


	Rashid