From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 20 00:55:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA16695 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 20 Sep 1996 00:55:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts11-line8.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.123]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA16663 for ; Fri, 20 Sep 1996 00:55:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id AAA01207; Fri, 20 Sep 1996 00:54:46 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 00:54:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: John Boggs cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Too many open files for user ppp In-Reply-To: <199609191118.GAA03869@robigo.visi.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 19 Sep 1996, John Boggs wrote: > When ppp connects after it's been running for a number of days, I get > this error near the end of the log: > > 09-19 05:42:01 [14689] myaddr = 206.11.194.29 hisaddr = 206.11.195.250 > socket: Too many open files > 09-19 05:42:01 [14689] OsLinkup: 206.11.195.250 > can't open /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup. > can't open /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup. > can't open /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup. > 09-19 05:42:01 [14689] LCP: Received Protocol Reject (3) state = Opend (9) > 09-19 05:42:01 [14689] -- Protocol (80fd) was rejected. > 09-19 05:42:01 [14689] CCP: LayerFinish. > 09-19 05:42:01 [14689] CCP: state change Req-Sent --> Stopped > > It doesn't affect my connection. Is there a way to prevent getting > the ``socket:too many open files'' error? Check the questions archive; someone just posted a way of releasing these limits. You may need to recompile your kernel and increase the number of available filehandles too. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major