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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Paul Walsh <paul@nation-net.com>
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Subject: Re: openfiles=64 and named
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On Thu, 28 Nov 1996, Paul Walsh wrote:

> Whenever i need to reload named I have to do
> limit openfiles=128 
> because of all our virtual IP addresses ( over 70 )
> 
> How can I make this permanent?

Put it in your .cshrc.

Put

unlimit

to unlock all file limits, however if named goes ballistic then you
might be in trouble.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major