Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 17:17:52 +0100 From: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> To: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Error: "Maximum file descriptors exceeded"... Message-ID: <v0422080bb4e1a1775a15@[195.238.1.121]> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10002290808390.20291-100000@shell.uniserve.ca> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10002290808390.20291-100000@shell.uniserve.ca>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
At 8:12 AM -0800 2000/2/29, Tom wrote:
> Beware of per-user limits. You don't mention what user you ran "limit"
> as, or what user the news server process runs as. Each could have very
> different limits. See /etc/login.conf. It might even depend on how the
> server server process is started. Processes started at boot run under the
> "daemon" class, for instance.
In theory, this is true. However, my /etc/login.conf does not
appear to be configured this way:
$ grep -v '^#' /etc/login.conf
default:\
:copyright=/etc/COPYRIGHT:\
:welcome=/etc/motd:\
:setenv=MAIL=/var/mail/$,BLOCKSIZE=K:\
:path=~/bin /bin /usr/bin /usr/local/bin /usr/X11R6/bin:\
:nologin=/var/run/nologin:\
:cputime=unlimited:\
:datasize=unlimited:\
:stacksize=unlimited:\
:memorylocked=unlimited:\
:memoryuse=unlimited:\
:filesize=unlimited:\
:coredumpsize=unlimited:\
:openfiles=unlimited:\
:maxproc=unlimited:\
:priority=0:\
:ignoretime@:\
:umask=022:
standard:\
:tc=default:
xuser:\
:tc=default:
staff:\
:tc=default:
daemon:\
:tc=default:
news:\
:tc=default:
dialer:\
:tc=default:
root:\
:ignorenologin:\
:tc=default:
russian:Russian Users Accounts:\
:charset=KOI8-R:\
:lang=ru_RU.KOI8-R:\
:tc=default:
> BTW, the system wide file limit is not static. You don't need to
> re-compile to change it, or even reboot. Just use sysctl.
I guess I'm going to have to read up on that....
Thanks!
--
These are my opinions and should not be taken as official Skynet policy
=========================================================================
Brad Knowles, <blk@skynet.be> Sys. Arch., Mail/News/FTP/Proxy Admin
Note: No Microsoft programs were used in the creation or distribution of
this message. If you are using a Microsoft program to view this message,
be forewarned that I am not responsible for any harm you may encounter as
a result.
See <http://i-want-a-website.com/about-microsoft/twelve-step.html>; for
details.
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?v0422080bb4e1a1775a15>