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Date:      Mon, 22 Dec 1997 22:47:39 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Brandon Gillespie <brandon@roguetrader.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Increasing maximum files
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971222224729.7705B-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971217144836.484A-100000@roguetrader.com>

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On Wed, 17 Dec 1997, Brandon Gillespie wrote:

> I have a server running that needs several hundred connections.  Just now
> we ran into a problem and the whole box froze (current version is
> 2.2.2-R).  Logfile:
> 
> Dec 17 14:20:24 ice syslogd: /var/run/utmp: Too many open files in system
> Dec 17 14:20:24 ice /kernel: file: table is full 
> Dec 17 14:20:24 ice last message repeated 96 times
> 
> And so on.  On first glimpse through the kernel config file I can't seem
> to find anything to increase the amount of file descriptors.  Help?

Bump maxusers and check out LINT for other options.


Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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