Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 00:38:03 +0100 From: "Joachim Dagerot" <jd@dagerot.com> 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: <200501202338.j0KNc3tM007836@mail-core.space2u.com>
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>> 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?page=1 Good tip, unforunately I can't even run fstab: $ su /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Cannot open "/usr/lib/libutil.so.3" 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...
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