Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 12:39:18 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Jeff Gray <jwg2@cm-24-142-61-17.cableco-op.ispchannel.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: file table full - consequences and do I have to reboot? Message-ID: <20000225123918.G21720@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002251157590.67410-100000@cm-24-142-61-17.cableco-op.ispchannel.com>; from jwg2@cm-24-142-61-17.cableco-op.ispchannel.com on Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 12:02:35PM -0800 References: <20000225121547.F21720@fw.wintelcom.net> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002251157590.67410-100000@cm-24-142-61-17.cableco-op.ispchannel.com>
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* Jeff Gray <jwg2@cm-24-142-61-17.cableco-op.ispchannel.com> [000225 12:33] wrote: > 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. As i said earlier, please see the login.conf manpage, don't forget to rebuild your login database: cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf you'll need to login and log back out again, but not reboot. as a side note any mailer that exceeds 1064 open files has issues. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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