Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:49:09 -0500 From: Jonathan Franks <daemon@taconic.net> To: "Michael C. Shultz" <reso3w83@verizon.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Too many open files" (Critical, have only one session left) Message-ID: <20050124214909.65599df2.daemon@taconic.net> In-Reply-To: <200501201559.23150.reso3w83@verizon.net> References: <200501202338.j0KNc3tM007836@mail-core.space2u.com> <200501201559.23150.reso3w83@verizon.net>
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On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:59:22 -0800 "Michael C. Shultz" <reso3w83@verizon.net> wrote: > On Thursday 20 January 2005 03:38 pm, Joachim Dagerot wrote: > > >> I have got it before and took appropriate steps using the ideas > > >> and tips from you guys. Now I have it again: > > >> > > >> Current situation on my head-less system is that I do have a > > >> single SSH session up. Unfortunately it's not authenticated as > > >> ROOT but as an ordinary user. > > >> > > >> When I try a "ls" I get : > > >> > > >> $ ls > > >> ls: .: Too many open files in system > > >> > > >> Trying a su gives: > > >> $ su > > >> /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Cannot open "/usr/lib/libutil.so.3" > > >> > > >> > > >> I have a fairly huge RAID-5 system thatdislikes a power shutdown > > >> so I rather want to reboot the machine manually. I certainly need > > >> som help here and also more help on how to avoid this problem in > > >> the future. > > > > > >I don't remember a previous message from you, but here is a link you > > >may find helpful: > > > > > >http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/09/26/Big_Scary_Daemons.html?pa > > >ge=1 > > > > Good tip, unforunately I can't even run fstab: > > $ su > > /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Cannot open "/usr/lib/libutil.so.3" > > You mean you can't run fstat right? > > > > I seam to be stucked. Is there a way to do a su for a specific > > program. I can't run 'su' but when I try shutdwon: > > > > $ shutdown -r now > > -bash: /sbin/shutdown: Permission denied > > > > Looks like it's possible to run shutdown if I only hade the right > > permission... > > > Can you run ps -aux and maybe kill some processes? I know it's unlikely > but its the only thing I can think of, hopefully someone who knows more > will offer better suggestions. > > -Mike > This may not be as helpful as it seems to me, but what about sudo? Assuming it's installed and you're an sudoer, of course, but if so something like: $ sudo shutdown -r now might work... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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