From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 27 22:22:45 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA00121 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 27 Oct 1997 22:22:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from super-g.inch.com (super-g.com [207.240.140.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA00116 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 1997 22:22:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from spork@super-g.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by super-g.inch.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id BAA01623; Tue, 28 Oct 1997 01:20:04 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 01:20:04 -0500 (EST) From: spork X-Sender: spork@super-g.inch.com To: Peter Philipp cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: limits and 2.2-97102x SNAP In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk One day I would like to compile a FAQ that details process limits and kind of delineates the differences between the kernel options and the login classes. I don't yet have all the info, but I need to get up to speed RSN... Anyone else have any interesting input for this? It seems to be a pretty confusing issue these days. Charles On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Peter Philipp wrote: > I'm in a situation where I need to increase OPEN_MAX to 1024 or higher. I > did compile the kernel which is 2.2-STABLE (2.2-97102x SNAP) with > options "OPEN_MAX=1024" > but now I'm at a loss with the limits as imposed by the kernel. AM I > missing something with the init startup? Is it true I increase the > hardlimit on users with the default class from /etc/login.conf? I have > something along the lines of, > > :openfiles=1024:\ > > I hope this is right..is there anything I'm missing? > > Peter >