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Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 15:57:13 -0500
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From: zoogy@cris.com (Chad Shackley)
Subject: Too many open files
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The system console is going crazy with these messages:

syslogd: /var/run/utmp:  Too many open files in system
/kernel: file: table is full

How do I fix this?

Chad