Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 22:48:15 -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.3.96.971222224742.7705C-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? Let me try it in English :-) You need to increase the `maxusers' directive in your kernel configuration. Also see the LINT configuration file for other options to tune. 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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