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Date:      Sat, 9 Oct 1999 13:09:39 -0400
From:      Dan Moschuk <dan@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        James Howard <howardjp@wam.umd.edu>
Cc:        Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: file system full
Message-ID:  <19991009130939.E9008@spirit.jaded.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9910090221330.16893-100000@rac9.wam.umd.edu>
References:  <19991008182545.W86678@holly.calldei.com> <Pine.GSO.4.10.9910090221330.16893-100000@rac9.wam.umd.edu>

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| >    Too many open file descriptors.  This has nothing to do with
| > the file system.
| 
| Is there anyway this can be gotten around?  A friend has a mail server
| that will spontaneously do this then crash.
| 
| Jamie

If you're csh'ish, you can use the ``limit'' command to see what your allowed
openfiles are.  You can raise this with ``unlimit''.

You will also want to look at a few kernel options if the above doesn't fix
it.  

-- 
Dan Moschuk (TFreak!dan@freebsd.org)
"Try not.  Do, or do not.  There is no try."
                        -- Yoda


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