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Subject: misc/21252: dhclient opens too many files
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>Number:         21252
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       dhclient opens too many files
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Sep 13 07:50:01 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     David Hill
>Release:        4.1-STABLE
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD phobia.hill.hom 4.1-STABLE FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE #8: Tue Sep 12 11:37:19 EST 2000     david@phobia.hill.hom:/usr/src/sys/compile/PHOBIA  i386
>Description:
My cable went out with out my knowing. And without knowing, I tried `killall -9 dhclient ; /sbin/dhclient dc1` to try and re-request my IP.  Sometimes, its gives dc1 192.168.1.100, but other times it just hangs.  If I control-C it, any command I execute after fails.  For example, w,kill,top,ps, etc couldn't find some libraries.  dhclient-script kept printing errors about too many files open.  Rebooting fixes it.
>How-To-Repeat:
Do a `killall -9 dhclient ; /sbin/dhclient dc1` while your cable is out.
This is only when you cable (cable tv as well) is not working.
>Fix:
unsure.  I would guess a possible loop somewhere.

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