From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 14 09:42:22 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA26631 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 14 Jun 1996 09:42:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA26626 for ; Fri, 14 Jun 1996 09:42:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA18203; Fri, 14 Jun 1996 12:42:15 -0400 Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 12:42:15 -0400 From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <9606141642.AA18203@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: Wes Santee Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: How to set max socket connections? In-Reply-To: <199606140151.SAA25221@bogon.net> References: <199606140151.SAA25221@bogon.net> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk < said: > I need to increase the maximum number of allowed open sockets on a > FreeBSD machine and I can't seem to find where to make this tweak. There is no limit on the number of open sockets. The limit is on the number of file descriptors, both per-user and system-wide, and in the size of the `fd_set' data structure used by select(2). -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant