Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 11:11:07 +0530 From: "Unix Tools" <unixtools@hotmail.com> To: "Chris Linstruth" <cjl@QNET.COM>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Open files and Swap Space Errors (fwd) Message-ID: <OE54hASZagPnkVD7EIo00017c38@hotmail.com> References: <Pine.BSI.4.33.0208260947390.9174-100000@cello.qnet.com>
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You need to increase swap space increasing swap space is quite easy Do you need the steps??? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Linstruth" <cjl@QNET.COM> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 10:20 PM Subject: Re: Open files and Swap Space Errors (fwd) > I just realized that my 'sysctl -a' command is showing me the > various message buffers which contain errors that occurred at some > time in the past and isn't showing me current errors. Could have > saved the list some traffic if that simple fact had been pointed > out. Sometimes it's the simple things. > > Thanks for the help. > > -- > Chris Linstruth <cjl@qnet.com> > > On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Wilkinson,Alex wrote: > > > ran out of inodes ? > > > > - aW > > > > > > > > > > Actually, I readily get the errors from systat -a. The system > > isn't grinding to a halt, it's just reporting swap errors and file > > table full when pstat -s and sysctl show, plainly, that they're > > not even close to their maximums. > > > > -- > > Chris Linstruth <cjl@qnet.com> > > QNET > > 1529 East Palmdale Blvd Suite 200 > > Palmdale, CA 93550 > > (661) 538-2028 > > > > > > On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Matthew Emmerton wrote: > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > > Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 12:26:37 -0700 (PDT) > > > > From: Chris Linstruth <cjl@QNET.COM> > > > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > > > Subject: Open files and Swap Space Errors > > > > > > > > I have a sendmail server giving me resource allocation errors but > > > > it looks to me like plenty of file handles and swap space are > > > > available.... Any thoughts? > > > > > > > > FreeBSD x.x.x 4.6-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE #0: Tue Jun 11 06:14:12 GMT > > > 2002 murray@builder.freebsdmall.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386 > > > > > > > > # pstat -s > > > > Device 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Type > > > > /dev/da0s1b 262016 9856 252160 4% Interleaved > > > > > > > > # sysctl -a | grep files > > > > kern.maxfiles: 8080 > > > > kern.maxfilesperproc: 3636 > > > > kern.openfiles: 383 > > > > p1003_1b.mapped_files: 0 > > > > > > > > # limits > > > > Resource limits (current): > > > > cputime infinity secs > > > > filesize infinity kb > > > > datasize 524288 kb > > > > stacksize 65536 kb > > > > coredumpsize infinity kb > > > > memoryuse infinity kb > > > > memorylocked infinity kb > > > > maxprocesses 1818 > > > > openfiles 3636 > > > > sbsize infinity bytes > > > > > > > > Running sysctl -a reports too many of these to post here: > > > > > > > > swap_pager_getswapspace: failed > > > > swap_pager_getswapspace: failed > > > > swap_pager_getswapspace: failed > > > > swap_pager_getswapspace: failed > > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > <3>file: table is full > > > > <3>file: table is full > > > > <3>file: table is full > > > > <3>file: table is full > > > > <3>file: table is full > > > > > > > > And a few like this: > > > > <3>pid 29289 (sendmail), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space > > > > > > > > Any thoughts appreciated. > > > > -- > > > > Chris Linstruth <cjl@qnet.com> > > > > > > Well, somehow you are running out of swap space. Even though 'pstat -a' > > > shows that you've got tons free, that isn't useful since it (presumably) > > > wasn't taken at the same time your system was grinding to a halt. > > > > > > Off the top of my head, there's two things that could cause sendmail to spin > > > wildly out of control: > > > 1) misconfigured majordomo which causes bounces to be sent back to the list > > > (which bounce, and get sent back to the list, ...) > > > 2) some sort of mail bombing DoS > > > > > > If you're running with a high-enough LogLevel in your sendmail.cf, you > > > should see sender/recipient data in your sendmail logs, and this may give > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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