Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 11:37:21 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Jeff Gray <jwg2@cm-24-142-61-17.cableco-op.ispchannel.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: file table full - consequences and do I have to reboot? Message-ID: <20000225113721.A21720@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002250631400.81384-100000@cm-24-142-61-17.cableco-op.ispchannel.com>; from jwg2@cm-24-142-61-17.cableco-op.ispchannel.com on Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 06:37:50AM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002250631400.81384-100000@cm-24-142-61-17.cableco-op.ispchannel.com>
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* Jeff Gray <jwg2@cm-24-142-61-17.cableco-op.ispchannel.com> [000225 07:09] wrote: > Running 3.3 and kde > > Got a file table full from kmail [mail client for kde] > > So, I increased the maxfiles [to avoid rebuilding the kernal and > increasing maxusers at this time] > > # sysctl -w kern.maxfiles=10000 > kern.maxfiles: 1064 -> 10000 > > Still cannot open kmail. All else appears to be running normally and > correctly. > > -do I have to reboot to fix this? > > -are there any consequences of of ignoring this [other than the loss of > kmail]? man 5 login.conf i think you may be bumping into user limits, not operating system limits. > > Thanks > Jeff > P.S. the port of lsof is a bit out of date > ===> Configuring for lsof-4.42 > Unknown FreeBSD release: 3.3-RELEASE > Assuming FreeBSD 2.x > make then, naturally, fails hmm, you'll want to cvsup your ports collection, see the FreeBSD handbook on how to do that. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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