From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Sep 4 11:49:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA10117 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 11:49:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from amber.ghostwheel.com (amber.ghostwheel.com [207.201.56.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA10110 for ; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 11:49:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from merlin@ghostwheel.com) Received: from amber.ghostwheel.com (amber.ghostwheel.com [207.201.56.89]) by amber.ghostwheel.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA09384 for ; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 11:48:13 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 11:48:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Christopher Knight To: 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 Lab wrote: > > I keep getting the "too many open files" message, but am unsure exactly > how to reconfigure my kernel to compensate. Any suggestions? I have the following script located in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ #!/bin/sh /usr/sbin/sysctl -w kern.maxfiles=8192 /usr/sbin/sysctl -w kern.maxvnodes=16384 That takes care of my 'too many files open' problem. -ck ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet, you can't win. -Lazarus Long ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message