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Date:      Tue, 29 Feb 2000 11:41:09 -0500
From:      James Housley <jim@thehousleys.net>
To:        "Sean O'Connell" <sean@stat.Duke.EDU>
Cc:        FreeBSD-STABLE <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Error: "Maximum file descriptors exceeded"...
Message-ID:  <38BBF6A5.61A5998@thehousleys.net>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002291045580.58885-100000@epsilon.lucida.qc.ca> <v0422080ab4e19df0856e@[195.238.1.121]> <38BBF0D3.6ED0DFD3@thehousleys.net> <20000229113443.F21891@stat.Duke.EDU>

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Sean O'Connell wrote:
> 
> % sysctl kern.maxfiles
> kern.maxfiles: 4096
> % sysctl kern.maxfilesperproc
> kern.maxfilesperproc: 4096
> 
> However, limit -h (tcsh builtin) and limits -H still report
> 
> descriptors     2088
> openfiles            2088
> 
> respectively.
> 
> Even the manpage for sysctl implies this
> 
>      Name                            Type          Changeable
>      kern.maxfiles                   integer       yes
>      kern.maxfilesperproc            integer       yes
> 
> Am I missing something obvious?  Are these values really updated?
> 

Logout and back in the shell probably gets the value when spawned/login.

Jim

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