From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 19 04:19:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id EAA28604 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 19 Sep 1996 04:19:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from robigo.visi.com (robigo.visi.com [206.11.194.29]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id EAA28569 for ; Thu, 19 Sep 1996 04:19:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jdb@localhost) by robigo.visi.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id GAA03869; Thu, 19 Sep 1996 06:18:59 -0500 Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 06:18:59 -0500 Message-Id: <199609191118.GAA03869@robigo.visi.com> From: John Boggs To: freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Too many open files for user ppp Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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? -- John D. Boggs \ The great thing about human language is jdb@robigo.visi.com \ that it prevents us from sticking to \ the matter at hand. -Lewis Thomas