From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 20 6:14:52 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from retribution.net (retribution.net [207.96.1.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 269751573E for ; Tue, 20 Apr 1999 06:14:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mjoseff@retribution.net) Received: from retribution.net (retribution.net [207.96.1.17]) by retribution.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id JAA10295; Tue, 20 Apr 1999 09:12:41 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 09:12:41 -0500 (EST) From: Matthew Joseff To: Alfred Perlstein Cc: Michel Quadflieg , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: file table full...... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Alfred Perlstein wrote: }On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Michel Quadflieg wrote: }> Apr 20 00:19:55 area51 syslogd: /var/run/utmp: Too many open files in system }> Apr 20 00:19:55 area51 /kernel: file: table is full }> Apr 20 00:19:55 area51 syslogd: /var/run/utmp: Too many open files in system }> Apr 20 00:19:55 area51 /kernel: file: table is full }> Apr 20 00:19:55 area51 syslogd: /var/run/utmp: Too many open files in system }> Apr 20 00:19:55 area51 /kernel: file: table is full }> Apr 20 00:19:55 area51 syslogd: /var/run/utmp: Too many open files in system }> Apr 20 00:19:55 area51 /kernel: file: table is full }> Apr 20 00:19:56 area51 syslogd: /var/run/utmp: Too many open files in system }> What are possible solutions for this problem??? }Try recompiling your kernel with "maxusers" set to a higher value. I realize it's a temporary solution but what about: sysctl -w kern.maxfiles=XXXXX where XXXX is the number? -- Matthew Joseff, Web Development RCN Corp. 703-321-2410 www.rcn.com NASDAQ: RCNC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message