From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 25 12: 3:46 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cm-24-142-61-17.cableco-op.ispchannel.com (cm-24-142-61-17.cableco-op.ispchannel.com [24.142.61.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CDC537BB0D for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2000 12:03:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jwg2@cm-24-142-61-17.cableco-op.ispchannel.com) Received: from localhost (jwg2@localhost) by cm-24-142-61-17.cableco-op.ispchannel.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA68831; Fri, 25 Feb 2000 12:02:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jwg2@cm-24-142-61-17.cableco-op.ispchannel.com) Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 12:02:35 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Gray To: Alfred Perlstein Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: file table full - consequences and do I have to reboot? In-Reply-To: <20000225121547.F21720@fw.wintelcom.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks, but.. $ ulimit -a cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited file size (512-blocks, -f) unlimited data seg size (kbytes, -d) 524288 stack size (kbytes, -s) 65536 core file size (512-blocks, -c) unlimited max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited locked memory (kbytes, -l) unlimited max user processes (-u) 531 open files (-n) 1064 This confuses me as I ran, earlier # sysctl -w kern.maxfiles=10000 kern.maxfiles: 1064 -> 10000 and if I use my standard csh > sysctl -A |grep files kern.maxfiles: 10000 How do I use this information to solve this without rebooting? appreciate the education. Jeff On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > * Jeff Gray [000225 12:09] wrote: > > Where or what is ulimit? > > It's the builting my shell uses to display the current userlimits, > please consult your shell's manpage on how to get it to print this > information, alternatively run /bin/sh and then try it. > > -Alfred > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message