From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Feb 29 8:55:32 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from trinity.skynet.be (trinity.skynet.be [195.238.2.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE53D37BBB7 for ; Tue, 29 Feb 2000 08:55:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from blk@skynet.be) Received: from [195.238.1.121] (brad.techos.skynet.be [195.238.1.121]) by trinity.skynet.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43ABA12252; Tue, 29 Feb 2000 17:55:17 +0100 (MET) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: blk@pop.skynet.be Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20000229113443.F21891@stat.Duke.EDU> References: <38BBF0D3.6ED0DFD3@thehousleys.net> <20000229113443.F21891@stat.Duke.EDU> Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 17:42:06 +0100 To: "Sean O'Connell" , FreeBSD-STABLE From: Brad Knowles Subject: Re: Error: "Maximum file descriptors exceeded"... Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 11:34 AM -0500 2000/2/29, Sean O'Connell wrote: > % sysctl kern.maxfiles > kern.maxfiles: 4096 > % sysctl kern.maxfilesperproc > kern.maxfilesperproc: 4096 > > However, limit -h (tcsh builtin) and limits -H still report > > descriptors 2088 > openfiles 2088 Have you started a new tcsh since the sysctl? I think that these sorts of things tend to be set by the program when it starts up, and it does not interactively detect an increase. So, you'd need to stop and restart whatever program it is that needs the increased limits. This isn't a problem in my case, since I have repeatedly stopped and restarted the daemon in question. -- These are my opinions and should not be taken as official Skynet policy ========================================================================= Brad Knowles, Sys. Arch., Mail/News/FTP/Proxy Admin Note: No Microsoft programs were used in the creation or distribution of this message. If you are using a Microsoft program to view this message, be forewarned that I am not responsible for any harm you may encounter as a result. See for details. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message