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Date:      Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:41:30 -0400 (EDT)
From:      The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
To:        Bob K <melange@yip.org>
Cc:        The Lab <thelab@nmarcom.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: too many open files
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.02.9809041440500.5462-100000@hub.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980904141512.245H-100000@yip.org>

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On Fri, 4 Sep 1998, Bob K wrote:

> On Fri, 4 Sep 1998, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 4 Sep 1998, The Lab wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > I keep getting the "too many open files" message, but am unsure exactly
> > > how to reconfigure my kernel to compensate. Any suggestions?
> > 
> > 	Actually, check the /etc/login.conf file and raise the limits for
> > the 'login group' that you are a member of...I'm not 100% certain whether
> > this is available on pre-3.0 systems though :(
> 
> Another possibility (which was one I ran into just two days ago) is to
> raise the value of maxusers; the default is 10.  I raised mine to 20, but
> it's a really low-powered system (486dx4/100, 24 megs of RAM) that only
> gets light usage.  Most people suggested values in the 40-50 range for a
> single workstation running X.

	One requires a rebuild/reboot of the system...one doesn't.  IN a
production environment, /etc/login.conf is about the only choice...



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