Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 15:48:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> To: "Michael W. Smith" <mwsmith@merlin.darkmage.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Too many files open? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980710154639.6932B-100000@java.dpcsys.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980710140706.323D-100000@merlin.darkmage.net>
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On Fri, 10 Jul 1998, Michael W. Smith wrote: > I keep getting a too many files open error on the system and it's hosing > it all to hell. A friend of mine who's more familiar with FreeBSD told me > I need to rebuild the kernel but he wasn't sure which directive I need to > change to fix it. I've got the Complete FreeBSD book, and know how to > rebuild the kernel, but it's not entirely clear what I need to change to > stop that error from happening. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Usually the easiest way to fix this is just to increase the value of maxusers in your kernel config file. maxusers controls quite a few system limits. You made need to do more, depending on what this box is doing but this is a good start. Dan -- Dan Busarow 949 443 4172 DPC Systems / Beach.Net dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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