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Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 23:52:27 -0500 (EST)
From: "reel@sympatico.ca" <reel@idemnia.ath.cx>
To: Myriam Askar <maskar@inktomi.com>
Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: Set the number of descriptors
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On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Myriam Askar wrote:

> Hi,
> I am using FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE (GENERIC) #0: Fri Jul 28 14:30:31 GMT 2000
> ********************
> $ uname -a
> FreeBSD ptest65.tsqa.inktomi.com 4.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE #0: Fri Jul
> 28 14:30:31 GMT 2000     jkh@ref4.freebsd.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC
> i386
> ********************
>
> And I would like to boost the descriptors from 1064 to a bigger number.
> But it seems that I cannot go above 1064, when I do a :
> limit descriptors 4000
> It does not affect the number.
> Do I need to recompile the kernel?
> And if yes, how should I do it?

You want to ask about changing the number of file descriptors?

To know how much you have, type:
   # sysctl -a | grep maxfiles
Then, just do:
   # sysctl -w kern.maxfiles=4000

Maybe it'll help you.

Have a nice day!

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