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Date:      Sat, 06 Nov 1999 14:56:34 +0200
From:      pons <pons@gmx.li>
To:        Danny Wong <danny@pentalpha.com.hk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: file:table is full
Message-ID:  <38242582.E3C4116A@gmx.li>
References:  <005801bf27f2$05c92360$a800000a@001.mis.penatlpha.com.hk>

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Danny Wong wrote:
> 
> When I send about 1700 email to the internal mail server, I get the
> following messages:
> 
> Nov  5 19:09:57 syslogd: /dev/console: Too many open files in system: Too
> many open files in system
> Nov  5 19:09:58 syslogd: /var/run/utmp: Too many open files in system
> Nov  5 19:09:58 /kernel: file: table is full
> Nov  5 19:09:54 smtpfwdd[70788]: Couldn't open spool file smtpdKd2971! (Too
> many open files in system)
> Nov  5 19:09:56 sendmail[70764]: TAA70740: SYSERR(UID66): queuename: Cannot
> create "qfTAA70764" in "/var/spool/mqueue" (euid=0): Too many open files in
> system
> Nov  5 19:09:59 /kernel: file: table is full
> Nov  5 19:10:00 syslogd: /dev/ttyv0: Too many open files in system
> Nov  5 19:10:00 syslogd: /dev/ttyv0: Too many open files in system
> Nov  5 19:10:00 /kernel: file: table is full
> Nov  5 19:10:00 syslogd: /var/run/utmp: Too many open files in system
> Nov  5 19:10:00 /kernel: file: table is full
> Nov  5 19:10:00 syslogd: /dev/ttyv0: Too many open files in system
> Nov  5 19:10:00 /kernel: file: table is full
> Nov  5 19:10:00 syslogd: /var/run/utmp: Too many open files in system
> Nov  5 19:10:00 /kernel: file: table is full
> 
> There are 197M swap space and 32M memory in the system. It is a FreeBSD 3.3
> stable system. How can I fix this problem?
> 


you may need to recompile your kernel 
with a higher "maxusers" value.
-- 
pons@gmx.li
http://neptune.spaceports.com/~pons/


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