From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 14 13:23:20 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 1FBFF1065672 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:23:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from till.plewe@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.31]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFE658FC12 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:23:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from till.plewe@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 5so1501192ywh.13 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:23:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=9s6rJUG+RgFanI5Nf/XKNCnK1OjbvK5JywyWJ6O9ixU=; b=l8G7JfU/2/4FZyQkovLqmMKOj3encrcO2wkCZfUY6ENQNtdGU7oke3VL3LNY9hIHl5 KupRfG3U7OZ+Hrv7PX2N9mlVRWSPwcs7bnTZBuhnW7h0G4OPhpA9+eChp55hdWkrLobK Z2IsRT7+Dqs/dHzi0wdLTQcQjrwcKpuldKeXI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=TFyNgtw3iWd8f4ESy9Nrm+p/jqF5tTtP5ZaClOR0C8S0ArnkVQ+5GDWTE7FwEf4cvE E6A3MjUtK2VhMjCeGjMnNjYGn4gvq2c8NZ11m7ggQdj9Hax02nTz+tc1WSImc2EoSJZw WifXLbucYBn5MnkLbb1Sm56lX08v+zsMmhfow= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.90.101.7 with SMTP id y7mr489801agb.88.1239714032912; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:00:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <2cd0a0da0904140511y53fe5da6tc1aaea76bc712d30@mail.gmail.com> References: <2cd0a0da0904140511y53fe5da6tc1aaea76bc712d30@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:00:32 +0900 Message-ID: <8be8566f0904140600jc0b6927rcff063c225d1d625@mail.gmail.com> From: till plewe To: VeeJay Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD-Questions Subject: Re: 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 13:23:20 -0000 On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 9:11 PM, VeeJay wrote: > 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? > sysctl -a | grep kern.maxfiles and then sysctl kern.maxfiles=123456789 (or some other BIG number) > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >