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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 10:12:58 -0500
From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
To: zavadsky <zavadsky@im.bas-net.by>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Open socket limit in FreeBSD
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In the last episode (Apr 21), zavadsky said:
> Does FreeBSD has 1024 of open sockets+files limit, as Linux has?
> Zavadsky V.L.

$ sysctl -a | grep maxfile
kern.maxfiles: 3240
kern.maxfilesperproc: 3240
$ _

So the answer is no :).  It's adjustable on the fly via "sysctl -w".  

I don't think Linux has a hard limit either; you may need to recompile
the kernel to change it, though.

	-Dan Nelson
	dnelson@emsphone.com

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