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Date:      Sun, 06 Sep 1998 06:53:54 -0700
From:      Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc:        andrew@squiz.co.nz, Tom <tom@uniserve.com>, The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>, Bob K <melange@yip.org>, The Lab <thelab@nmarcom.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: too many open files 
Message-ID:  <199809061354.GAA00979@cwsys.cwsent.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 05 Sep 1998 10:11:15 PDT." <199809051711.KAA05862@word.smith.net.au> 

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> > between sysctl and login.conf, either can be set without a rebuild.
> 
> No.  The kern.maxfiles sysctl shouldn't be writable in 2.2, and it's 
> not writable in 3.0; it refers to the size of a static table.

I've been setting kern.maxfiles on 2.2 systems for well over a year, 
possibly even two years.  It seems like it would be a step backwards 
for 3.0 to require a kernel rebuild to set this value.


Regards,                       Phone:  (250)387-8437
Cy Schubert                      Fax:  (250)387-5766
Open Systems Group          Internet:  cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca
ITSD                                   Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca
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