From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 30 15:08:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA13071 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 15:08:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from eagle.ns.net (eagle.ns.net [204.75.146.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA13064 for ; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 15:08:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rfg@monkeys.com) Received: from monkeys.com (rfg.ns.net [207.159.10.82]) by eagle.ns.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA21617 for ; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 15:08:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from monkeys.com (IDENT:rfg@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by monkeys.com (8.9.1/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA05097 for ; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 15:10:04 -0800 To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Adjusting Per-User Open files Limit From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 15:10:03 -0800 Message-ID: <5094.915059403@monkeys.com> X-Deadbolt-Note: Deadbolt(tm) Personal E-Mail Filter, Version 0.96 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I asked this question some time back but never got an answer. Assuming that you have a system whose kernel has been configured to handle a few thousands open files, simultaneously, systewide, how can you then set the per-user (or per-process) file limit to something higher than 1024? I have tried using the `limit' command in C-shell as follows: limit openfiles 1025 but all I get is: limit: openfiles: Can't set limit Why? More to the point, what do I have to do, exactly, in order to raise this limit? -- Ron Guilmette, Roseville, California ---------- E-Scrub Technologies, Inc. -- Deadbolt(tm) Personal E-Mail Filter demo: http://www.e-scrub.com/deadbolt/ -- Wpoison (web harvester poisoning) - demo: http://www.e-scrub.com/wpoison/ "Ping can be used offensively, and it's shipped with every windows CD" -- Steve Atkins To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message