Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 09:17:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Ralph Huntington <rjh@mohawk.net> To: "Timothy S. Bowers" <security@nol.co.za> Cc: Axel Scheepers <ascheepe@surf.iae.nl>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: maxfiles in kernel Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105290914150.41472-100000@mohegan.mohawk.net> In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.2.20010529140721.00a2ac90@nol.co.za>
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In the kernel config maxusers 512 gives 16424 maxfiles 256 gives half that and 128 half again On Tue, 29 May 2001, Timothy S. Bowers wrote: > Hi Axel, > > Mine was 1064 and I've changed it to 4096. I've also changed kern.maxfilesperproc to 4096. > I hope this holds :) > > What do you think I should put in the kernel for maxusers ? > > Regards, > > Timothy Bowers > > > At 01:54 PM 5/29/01, you wrote: > >Hi there, > >You can use sysctl -w kernel.maxfiles=<number> to set it manually or > >change the maxusers value in your kernel config. > >Greetz, > >Axel > > > >-- > >Met vriendelijke groet, > >VIA NET.WORKS Nederland > > > >Axel Scheepers > >Operations > >phone +31 40 239 33 93 > >fax +31 40 239 33 11 > >e-mail eindhoven.beheer@vianetworks.nl > >http://www.vianetworks.nl/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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