Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:49:31 +0200 From: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: prabhpal@digital-infotech.net Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Too many open files Message-ID: <CADGWnjWTNviAyfReZ-fy0rhF=DKsA57rCscYtsU=v25rTMq5Xw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <a8f31306b066f86beabc61fce1e2b5fb.squirrel@mail.digital-infotech.net> References: <a8f31306b066f86beabc61fce1e2b5fb.squirrel@mail.digital-infotech.net>
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On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 6:46 PM, Prabhpal S. Mavi <prabhpal@digital-infotech.net> wrote: > Greetings Friends, > > have anyone has come across this warning / error? This occurs when i ssh > to my FreeBSD 9.0 System. any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Warning: > /usr/share/games/fortune/freebsd-tips.dat: Too many open files in system > [mavi@titan ~]$ su > su: pam_start: system error > > Thanks / Regards > Prabhpal What does this command say on your system? % sysctl kern.maxfiles kern.maxfilesperproc kern.openfiles You may have exceeded the maximum number of open files in the system. Maybe some ill-conceived program that doesn't close non-needed connections, files, etc is at fault? It's easy to open more and more files, and to gradually fill the open files descriptor table in the kernel this way. -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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