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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
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> >phone   +31 40 239 33 93
> >fax     +31 40 239 33 11
> >e-mail  eindhoven.beheer@vianetworks.nl
> >http://www.vianetworks.nl/
> 
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