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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 01:23:59 +0000
From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
To: Reid Findeisen <reidf@gtu.edu>
Cc: questions@freebsd.org, dwilson@aquinas.gtu.edu
Subject: Re: /kernel: file: table is full
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Reid Findeisen wrote:

> I occasionally see this error (often then repeated many times) in my system
> messages file:
> 
> /kernel: file: table is full
> 
> How can I fix this?  Will rebuilding my kernel with a higher "maxusers"
> (currently set to 10) help this problem?

Yes, I beleive so.

> Should I have "OPEN_MAX" set to something?

I think just increasing maxusers would work. Increase max users, and
see what "sysctl kern.maxfiles" shows, and more importantly if it has
increased from its current value.

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