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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 17:17:52 +0100
To: Tom <tom@uniserve.com>
From: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be>
Subject: Re: Error: "Maximum file descriptors exceeded"...
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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!

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  These are my opinions and should not be taken as official Skynet policy
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