From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 14 18:00:28 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 CD29B1065680 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:00:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96D758FC0C for ; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:00:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from sarevok.dnr.servegame.org (gate.lan.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.2.10]) by mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 746AE7E818; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:00:27 -0800 (AKDT) From: Mel Flynn To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:00:22 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.0 (FreeBSD/8.0-CURRENT; KDE/4.2.0; i386; ; ) References: <2cd0a0da0904140511y53fe5da6tc1aaea76bc712d30@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2cd0a0da0904140511y53fe5da6tc1aaea76bc712d30@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200904142000.22626.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> Cc: VeeJay 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 18:00:30 -0000 On Tuesday 14 April 2009 14:11:02 VeeJay wrote: > kern.maxfiles limit exceeded by uid 1003, please see tuning(7) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ =46rom "man 7 tuning": The kern.maxfiles sysctl determines how many open files the system sup- ports. The default is typically a few thousand but you may need to bu= mp this up to ten or twenty thousand if you are running databases or large descriptor-heavy daemons. The read-only kern.openfiles sysctl may be interrogated to determine the current number of open files on the syst= em. =2D-=20 Mel who wubs self-answering questions.