From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 14 12:11:03 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8575A1065C94 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:11:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from maanjee@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f132.google.com (mail-qy0-f132.google.com [209.85.221.132]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 231918FC08 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:11:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from maanjee@gmail.com) Received: by qyk38 with SMTP id 38so1735555qyk.3 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:11:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=Bc5vojmzhZaIKneDwqKfOd+NvS5SbXausOWHrZVLGsk=; b=DNw+BEg68e0OOQyxUO1c3Okd2Zaj1w+qa8rur3tHIwWUUF23TTgnmfDqHHFUQrpC5w iay5N0crZusWWCHDt0fK/F02lLojXDkEFhpx5J7NoJ6n9rCXWBx/fDX7Pz/wUjj78x1l YdMD2fqwZ0G7pO9oweUaSAa/rci1qSMwBIoYM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=RAtB2iA6m7DUQ0VVB+6QvHRRNs3gdbtLgOJ7Wvt1ON1UlPCHxQn9SmEJ3QzTz4LCmy ybRw1aOTY1qKVx9opWlX6OOmXp1E8QX3hh0HsZa1hc0dLwiBF1oej7/uzbMbB8rLHqnF KnzSqJE50SZq4w0DJeRWqJe/2T/XAOr11FEu8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.74.79 with SMTP id t15mr1970323qcj.2.1239711062270; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:11:02 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:11:02 +0200 Message-ID: <2cd0a0da0904140511y53fe5da6tc1aaea76bc712d30@mail.gmail.com> From: VeeJay To: FreeBSD-Questions , VeeJay Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: kern.maxfiles limit exceeded by uid 1003? what to do? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:11:10 -0000 Hi there I am keep getting this error on the screen. I have tried to solve this problem by myself but still no luck. Could anyone guide what to do to increase the limit and avoid this error? kern.maxfiles limit exceeded by uid 1003, please see tuning(7) kern.maxfiles limit exceeded by uid 1003, please see tuning(7) kern.maxfiles limit exceeded by uid 1003, please see tuning(7) kern.maxfiles limit exceeded by uid 1003, please see tuning(7) Apr 14 11:08:08 server2 postfix/pickup[25022] : fatal : kqueue : Too many files open in the system Apr 14 11:08:08 server2 postfix/pickup[25023] : fatal : kqueue : Too many files open in the system kern.maxfiles limit exceeded by uid 1003, please see tuning(7) kern.maxfiles limit exceeded by uid 1003, please see tuning(7) kern.maxfiles limit exceeded by uid 1003, please see tuning(7) kern.maxfiles limit exceeded by uid 1003, please see tuning(7) When this happens, I am unable to login on the server by consol or ssh. what to do? And I have to restart the server manually.... by on/off switch... -- Thanks! BR / vj