From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 14 18:51:56 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 CC38910656C2 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:51:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kingedgar@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 6B2778FC18 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:51:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kingedgar@gmail.com) Received: by qyk38 with SMTP id 38so2143880qyk.3 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:51:55 -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:content-type; bh=O8adK5y7HkJWYz/iGnbO6KHfridWsOarv//QEVuFowQ=; b=d7cziqSIhK2joeoi2GnDCCnd8uEIht4xeelMz5OxfU61+TW3/bmcVL8vyzMINFrL0k 8KQn1HBzrhB/8zV/dpDp8tVOv/cmZSZ6TgiTjmMflS5rcTzH8ktZ3rzl5ZmjGYdcg/lx lXLME2QrCOmBT5SK9epnOmquhLxb8ai83GHhY= 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 :content-type; b=u5e+gOBJPfsVVDLO0psjv1DOw1jObb2V5smy8IsWYr6uHvJdBwyGhCzWplxocJYgKJ LNLnZc82DlWYf8zxdm541Jv+Q3mhORlzg+ItfqW202tYUgc9O/n6hbtbPu9lKMG2lMaX xxfFSMD2OaNSGnJVZfqF7v7EsYhNRpKNPjrXw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.76.144 with SMTP id c16mr8202952vck.17.1239733739519; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:28:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <2cd0a0da0904140429nb7539f1i93c4ce183ea3c67c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:28:59 -0500 Message-ID: <970380130904141128o38eb35c8tc8bcab295321b627@mail.gmail.com> From: Jason Garrett To: FreeBSD-Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: kern.maxfiles limit exceeded... 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 18:51:57 -0000 On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 07:41, Wojciech Puchar < wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: > increase kern.maxfiles :) > > in sysctl.conf > Pretty sure he got his answer over on @hackers. The need to cross post never ceases to amaze me. > > On Tue, 14 Apr 2009, 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? >> >> 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) >> >> Then I am unable to login on the server by consol or ssh. what to do? >> -- >> 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" >