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Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 22:46:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Bala Periasamy <bala@cst.com.au>
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Subject: Re: kernel messages
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On Fri, 30 Aug 1996, Bala Periasamy wrote:

> I am getting this in my /var/log/messages
> 
> /kernel  file: table is full
> 
> ftpd[4887]: /etc/spwd.db: Too many open files in system
> 
> Do to which ftpd login is refused.
> 
> any help

Hm.  Couple things:

csh-like shells have some shell-specific filehandle limiting. Take a look
at the appropriate man page for your shell and see if you need to adjust
those numbers.

Also try incrementing 'maxusers' in your kernel configuration,
recompiling & reinstalling.

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