Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 20:47:10 +0000 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: admin <admin@wtbwts.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /kernel: file table is full Message-ID: <19991206204710.A2279@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912061317150.60912-100000@server.b0x.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912061317150.60912-100000@server.b0x.com>
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admin wrote:
> I'm seeing "/kernel: file table is full" far too many times in my
> /var/log/messages file. There is definately something wrong, but I can't
> figure out what.
>
> I am running FreeBSD 3.3-CURRENT with the following daemons:
Do you mean 3.3-STABLE?
> apache+php+mod_ssl
> cucipop
> postfix
> postgresql
> ssh
>
> How can I find out how many files are actually open? How can I find out
> which program is using so many files? How can I get anywhere with this
> problem?
lsof in the ports collection may be helpful to find the app with a lot
of open files. I think fstat in the case system will do that too.
To increase the limit, bump maxusers in the kernel config.
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