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Date:      Fri, 20 Sep 1996 00:54:45 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        John Boggs <jdb@robigo.visi.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Too many open files for user ppp
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.960920005256.1049R-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199609191118.GAA03869@robigo.visi.com>

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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




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