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Date:      Fri, 25 Feb 2000 11:37:21 -0800
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Jeff Gray <jwg2@cm-24-142-61-17.cableco-op.ispchannel.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: file table full   - consequences and do I have to reboot?
Message-ID:  <20000225113721.A21720@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002250631400.81384-100000@cm-24-142-61-17.cableco-op.ispchannel.com>; from jwg2@cm-24-142-61-17.cableco-op.ispchannel.com on Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 06:37:50AM -0800
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* Jeff Gray <jwg2@cm-24-142-61-17.cableco-op.ispchannel.com> [000225 07:09] wrote:
> Running 3.3 and kde
> 
> Got a file table full from kmail  [mail client for kde]
> 
> So, I increased the maxfiles [to avoid rebuilding the kernal and
> increasing maxusers at this time]
> 
> # sysctl -w kern.maxfiles=10000
> kern.maxfiles: 1064 -> 10000  
> 
> Still cannot open kmail.  All else appears to be running normally and
> correctly.
> 
> -do I have to reboot to fix this?
> 
> -are there any consequences of of ignoring this [other than the loss of
> kmail]?

man 5 login.conf

i think you may be bumping into user limits, not operating system
limits.

> 
> Thanks
> Jeff
>   P.S.  the port of lsof is a bit out of date
>   ===>  Configuring for lsof-4.42
> Unknown FreeBSD release: 3.3-RELEASE
> Assuming FreeBSD 2.x            
>   make then, naturally, fails

hmm, you'll want to cvsup your ports collection, see the FreeBSD
handbook on how to do that.

-Alfred


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