From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Feb 29 9: 3:16 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from morpheus.skynet.be (morpheus.skynet.be [195.238.2.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6E4737BC11 for ; Tue, 29 Feb 2000 09:03:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from blk@skynet.be) Received: from [195.238.1.121] (brad.techos.skynet.be [195.238.1.121]) by morpheus.skynet.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B2CCCBAD; Tue, 29 Feb 2000 18:02:47 +0100 (MET) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: blk@pop.skynet.be Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <38BBF0D3.6ED0DFD3@thehousleys.net> References: <38BBF0D3.6ED0DFD3@thehousleys.net> Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 17:25:56 +0100 To: James Housley From: Brad Knowles Subject: Re: Error: "Maximum file descriptors exceeded"... Cc: Matt Heckaman , FreeBSD-STABLE Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 11:16 AM -0500 2000/2/29, James Housley wrote: > housley@cat:~/work/monitors {34} sysctl -a | grep -i file Any my results: $ sysctl -a | grep -i file kern.maxfiles: 32768 kern.bootfile: /kernel kern.maxfilesperproc: 16384 kern.corefile: %N.core p1003_1b.mapped_files: 0 > It looks like updating kern.maxfiles and/or kern.maxfilesperproc should > do the trick. What are the limits set in /etc/login.conf?? I would think so too, but this doesn't seem to be the case. The non-comment lines from my /etc/login.conf were previously posted, and don't set any limits for any user that are any different from what root gets. -- These are my opinions and should not be taken as official Skynet policy ========================================================================= Brad Knowles, Sys. Arch., Mail/News/FTP/Proxy Admin Note: No Microsoft programs were used in the creation or distribution of this message. If you are using a Microsoft program to view this message, be forewarned that I am not responsible for any harm you may encounter as a result. See for details. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message