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Date:      Tue, 3 Apr 2001 20:50:29 +0000
From:      Josh Paetzel <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net>
To:        Mike Doyle <relyod@cooperationireland.org>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Error Message: "File Table Full"
Message-ID:  <01040320510302.00322@mark9.vladsempire.net>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20010402161424.0089e980@199.107.2.1>
References:  <3.0.5.32.20010402161424.0089e980@199.107.2.1>

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On Mon, 02 Apr 2001, Mike Doyle wrote:
> I just had the following message on my console:
> 
> >
> > Apr  2 15:14:17 liffey syslogd: /dev/ttyv0: Too many open files in system
> > Apr  2 15:14:17 liffey /kernel: file: table is full
> > Apr  2 15:14:18 liffey last message repeated 174 times
> 
> I have taken a stab at fixing it by increasing the 
> kern.maxfiles value. Is this the correct thing to do in this situation?
> 
> I also included the line
> 	> kern.maxfiles=2048
> in my /etc/sysctl.conf file. (The original, default value was 1064)
> 
> Hoping someone will tell me I've either done the right thing, or what else
> I need to do instead | as well. :-)
> 
> Mike
> 
> PS: Please please please CC me on reply as I'm not subscribed to this list
> 

That's fine, otherwise you can increase maxusers in the kernel and
recompile.

Josh

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