From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 1 07:04:05 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA20883 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 07:04:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alice.gba.oz.au (gba-254.tmx.com.au [203.9.155.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id HAA20876 for ; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 07:04:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gjb@acm.org) Received: (qmail 16447 invoked by uid 1001); 1 Jan 1999 14:41:04 -0000 Message-ID: <19990101144104.16446.qmail@alice.gba.oz.au> X-Posted-By: GBA-Post 1.03 20-Sep-1998 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 5A91 6942 8CEA 9DAB B95B C249 1CE1 493B 2B5A CE30 Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 00:41:03 +1000 From: Greg Black To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adjusting Per-User Open files Limit References: <5094.915059403@monkeys.com> In-reply-to: <5094.915059403@monkeys.com> of Wed, 30 Dec 1998 15:10:03 PST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I have tried using the `limit' command in C-shell as follows: > > limit openfiles 1025 > > but all I get is: > > limit: openfiles: Can't set limit > > Why? More to the point, what do I have to do, exactly, in order to raise > this limit? On any modern BSD-based system, the place to start is the man page for login.conf(5). -- Greg Black To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message