From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Sep 4 11:28:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA05980 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 11:28:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from yip.org (yip.org [142.154.6.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA05945 for ; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 11:28:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from melange@yip.org) Received: from localhost (melange@localhost) by yip.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA09523; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:27:00 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from melange@yip.org) Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:26:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Bob K To: The Hermit Hacker cc: The Lab , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: too many open files In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 4 Sep 1998, The Hermit Hacker wrote: > On Fri, 4 Sep 1998, The Lab wrote: > > > > > I keep getting the "too many open files" message, but am unsure exactly > > how to reconfigure my kernel to compensate. Any suggestions? > > Actually, check the /etc/login.conf file and raise the limits for > the 'login group' that you are a member of...I'm not 100% certain whether > this is available on pre-3.0 systems though :( Another possibility (which was one I ran into just two days ago) is to raise the value of maxusers; the default is 10. I raised mine to 20, but it's a really low-powered system (486dx4/100, 24 megs of RAM) that only gets light usage. Most people suggested values in the 40-50 range for a single workstation running X. melange@yip.org - "Slightly tacky but completely entertaining" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message