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Date:      Thu, 22 Aug 2002 11:47:43 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Chris Linstruth <cjl@QNET.COM>
To:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Open files and Swap Space Errors
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.4.33.0208221144400.29269-100000@cello.qnet.com>

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Newlines added between command output for clarity and many repeating
error messages trimmed to fit under 40K.  This is to hopefully
illustrate that this is not some condition that is being caused by
a runaway process or something else.  It is happening all the time
- every minute, on what is a normal sendmail installation.  No
procmail, no end users.  Just accepting and relaying mail.  If
there's another command you'd like to see to further illustrate
the problem, I'd love to provide it.

And the system never "grinds to a halt."  Other than the transient errors
from the system calls telling me there's not files or swap space, it's
humming along normally.

$ time sh -c "(df -ai ; pstat -s ; uptime ; sysctl -a; ) > /tmp/output.txt"
        0.22 real         0.01 user         0.10 sys

Filesystem  1K-blocks   Used   Avail Capacity iused   ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/da0s1a    254063  32605  201133    14%    1310   62176    2%   /
/dev/da0s1g    591128    487  543351     0%      29  148321    0%   /home
/dev/da0s1e    762223 216470  484776    31%   15116  175346    8%   /usr
/dev/da0s1f   6748476 400996 5807602     6%   42102 1648264    2%   /var
procfs              4      4       0   100%     116    1904    6%   /proc

Device          1K-blocks     Used    Avail Capacity  Type
/dev/da0s1b        262016     9872   252144     4%    Interleaved

11:13AM  up 12 days, 19:57, 2 users, load averages: 0.30, 0.15, 0.10

kern.ostype: FreeBSD
kern.osrelease: 4.6-RELEASE
kern.osrevision: 199506
kern.version: FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE #0: Tue Jun 11 06:14:12 GMT 2002
    murray@builder.freebsdmall.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC

kern.maxvnodes: 17848
kern.maxproc: 2020
kern.maxfiles: 8080
kern.argmax: 65536
kern.securelevel: -1
kern.hostname: x.x.x
kern.hostid: 0
kern.clockrate: { hz = 100, tick = 10000, tickadj = 5, profhz = 1024, stathz = 128 }
kern.posix1version: 199309
kern.ngroups: 16
kern.job_control: 1
kern.saved_ids: 0
kern.boottime: { sec = 1028931396, usec = 11534 } Fri Aug  9 15:16:36 2002
kern.domainname:
kern.osreldate: 460000
kern.bootfile: /kernel
kern.maxfilesperproc: 3636
kern.maxprocperuid: 1818
kern.dumpdev:
kern.ipc.maxsockbuf: 262144
kern.ipc.sockbuf_waste_factor: 8
kern.ipc.somaxconn: 128
kern.ipc.max_linkhdr: 16
kern.ipc.max_protohdr: 60
kern.ipc.max_hdr: 76
kern.ipc.max_datalen: 136
kern.ipc.nmbclusters: 2512
kern.ipc.semmap: 30
kern.ipc.semmni: 10
kern.ipc.semmns: 60
kern.ipc.semmnu: 30
kern.ipc.semmsl: 60
kern.ipc.semopm: 100
kern.ipc.semume: 10
kern.ipc.semusz: 92
kern.ipc.semvmx: 32767
kern.ipc.semaem: 16384
kern.ipc.shmmax: 33554432
kern.ipc.shmmin: 1
kern.ipc.shmmni: 192
kern.ipc.shmseg: 128
kern.ipc.shmall: 8192
kern.ipc.shm_use_phys: 0
kern.ipc.mbuf_wait: 32
kern.ipc.mbtypes: 513 225 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
kern.ipc.nmbufs: 10048
kern.ipc.maxsockets: 4040
kern.dummy: 0
kern.ps_strings: 3217031152
kern.usrstack: 3217031168
kern.logsigexit: 1
kern.cam.da.retry_count: 4
kern.cam.da.default_timeout: 60
kern.cam.da.no_6_byte: 0
kern.cam.cd.changer.min_busy_seconds: 5
kern.cam.cd.changer.max_busy_seconds: 15
kern.fallback_elf_brand: -1
kern.init_path: /sbin/init:/sbin/oinit:/sbin/init.bak:/stand/sysinstall
kern.module_path: /;/boot/;/modules/
kern.acct_suspend: 2
kern.acct_resume: 4
kern.acct_chkfreq: 15
kern.cp_time: 3540819 93 4044263 477091 133842748
kern.timecounter.method: 0
kern.timecounter.hardware: i8254
kern.openfiles: 732
kern.kq_calloutmax: 4096
kern.ps_arg_cache_limit: 256
kern.ps_argsopen: 1
kern.randompid: 0
kern.maxusers: 125
kern.ps_showallprocs: 1
kern.shutdown.poweroff_delay: 5000
kern.shutdown.kproc_shutdown_wait: 60
kern.sugid_coredump: 0
kern.coredump: 1
kern.corefile: %N.core
kern.quantum: 100000
kern.ccpu: 1948
kern.fscale: 2048
kern.devstat.numdevs: 6
kern.devstat.generation: 6
kern.devstat.version: 4
kern.disks: da0 md0
kern.log_wakeups_per_second: 5
kern.log_console_output: 1
kern.msgbuf: apspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
<3>pid 29798 (sendmail), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed

kern.msgbuf_clear: 0
kern.nselcoll: 0
kern.consmute: 0
kern.filedelay: 30
kern.dirdelay: 29
kern.metadelay: 28
kern.minvnodes: 4462
kern.chroot_allow_open_directories: 1
vm.loadavg: { 0.30 0.15 0.10 }
vm.v_free_min: 479
vm.v_free_target: 2080
vm.v_free_reserved: 164
vm.v_inactive_target: 3120
vm.v_cache_min: 2080
vm.v_cache_max: 4160
vm.v_pageout_free_min: 34
vm.pageout_algorithm: 0
vm.swap_enabled: 1
vm.swap_async_max: 4
vm.swap_idle_threshold1: 2
vm.swap_idle_threshold2: 10
vm.v_free_severe: 321
vm.stats.sys.v_swtch: 179674304
vm.stats.sys.v_trap: 628202683
vm.stats.sys.v_syscall: 2380740576
vm.stats.sys.v_intr: 426469232
vm.stats.sys.v_soft: 33501140
vm.stats.vm.v_vm_faults: 594466764
vm.stats.vm.v_cow_faults: 389770411
vm.stats.vm.v_cow_optim: 43
vm.stats.vm.v_zfod: 82814175
vm.stats.vm.v_ozfod: 43712857
vm.stats.vm.v_swapin: 250363
vm.stats.vm.v_swapout: 222852
vm.stats.vm.v_swappgsin: 330621
vm.stats.vm.v_swappgsout: 313778
vm.stats.vm.v_vnodein: 7584
vm.stats.vm.v_vnodeout: 0
vm.stats.vm.v_vnodepgsin: 25436
vm.stats.vm.v_vnodepgsout: 0
vm.stats.vm.v_intrans: 252385
vm.stats.vm.v_reactivated: 34813
vm.stats.vm.v_pdwakeups: 2801
vm.stats.vm.v_pdpages: 49747452
vm.stats.vm.v_dfree: 215
vm.stats.vm.v_pfree: 337993842
vm.stats.vm.v_tfree: 742594617
vm.stats.vm.v_page_size: 4096
vm.stats.vm.v_page_count: 63312
vm.stats.vm.v_free_reserved: 164
vm.stats.vm.v_free_target: 2080
vm.stats.vm.v_free_min: 479
vm.stats.vm.v_free_count: 4164
vm.stats.vm.v_wire_count: 12216
vm.stats.vm.v_active_count: 34123
vm.stats.vm.v_inactive_target: 3120
vm.stats.vm.v_inactive_count: 9801
vm.stats.vm.v_cache_count: 3008
vm.stats.vm.v_cache_min: 2080
vm.stats.vm.v_cache_max: 4160
vm.stats.vm.v_pageout_free_min: 34
vm.stats.vm.v_interrupt_free_min: 2
vm.stats.vm.v_forks: 4695183
vm.stats.vm.v_vforks: 9069
vm.stats.vm.v_rforks: 0
vm.stats.vm.v_kthreads: 5
vm.stats.vm.v_forkpages: 820105587
vm.stats.vm.v_vforkpages: 1121488
vm.stats.vm.v_rforkpages: 0
vm.stats.vm.v_kthreadpages: 0
vm.stats.misc.zero_page_count: 3302
vm.stats.misc.cnt_prezero: 68713010
vm.max_proc_mmap: 18008
vm.max_launder: 32
vm.pageout_stats_max: 2080
vm.pageout_full_stats_interval: 20
vm.pageout_stats_interval: 5
vm.pageout_stats_free_max: 5
vm.swap_idle_enabled: 0
vm.defer_swapspace_pageouts: 0
vm.disable_swapspace_pageouts: 0
vm.pageout_lock_miss: 0
vm.zone:
ITEM            SIZE     LIMIT    USED    FREE  REQUESTS

PIPE:            160,        0,      2,    100,  3181968
SWAPMETA:        160,    63312,    581,  16340,    55928
unpcb:           160,        0,     21,    654,    12265
ripcb:           192,     4040,      0,     42,       25
syncache:        160,    15359,      0,     76,  1570617
tcpcb:           544,     4040,    371,    525,  5852184
udpcb:           192,     4040,     12,    308, 55548672
socket:          192,     4040,    409,    785, 61413147
KNOTE:            64,        0,      7,    377, 42557257
DIRHASH:        1024,        0,    576,     56,     7607
NFSNODE:         352,        0,      0,      0,        0
NFSMOUNT:        544,        0,      0,      0,        0
VNODE:           192,        0,  18175,     57,    18175
NAMEI:          1024,        0,      0,    984, 181616997
VMSPACE:         192,        0,    128,   1024,  4704248
PROC:            416,        0,    133,    994,  4704257
DP fakepg:        64,        0,      0,      0,        0
PV ENTRY:         28,   535022,  68964, 199737, 2895426336
MAP ENTRY:        48,        0,   4034,  28394, 163649838
KMAP ENTRY:       48,    15956,   2665,    193,  3220308
MAP:             108,        0,      7,      3,        7
VM OBJECT:        96,        0,  22815,  14569, 109764296
vm.zone_kmem_pages: 2277
vm.zone_kmem_kvaspace: 31035392
vm.zone_kern_pages: 2734
vm.kvm_size: 1069547520
vm.kvm_free: 805306368
vfs.nfs.nfs_privport: 0
vfs.nfs.async: 0
vfs.nfs.commit_blks: 0
vfs.nfs.commit_miss: 0
vfs.nfs.realign_test: 0
vfs.nfs.realign_count: 0
vfs.nfs.bufpackets: 4
vfs.nfs.gatherdelay: 10000
vfs.nfs.gatherdelay_v3: 0
vfs.nfs.defect: 0
vfs.nfs.diskless_valid: 0
vfs.nfs.diskless_rootpath:
vfs.nfs.diskless_swappath:
vfs.nfs.access_cache_timeout: 60
vfs.nfs.nfsv3_commit_on_close: 0
vfs.ufs.dirhash_minsize: 2560
vfs.ufs.dirhash_maxmem: 2097152
vfs.ufs.dirhash_mem: 604919
vfs.ufs.dirhash_docheck: 0
vfs.numdirtybuffers: 29
vfs.lodirtybuffers: 294
vfs.hidirtybuffers: 588
vfs.numfreebuffers: 2243
vfs.lofreebuffers: 131
vfs.hifreebuffers: 262
vfs.runningbufspace: 14336
vfs.lorunningspace: 524288
vfs.hirunningspace: 1048576
vfs.maxbufspace: 37257216
vfs.hibufspace: 36601856
vfs.lobufspace: 36536320
vfs.bufspace: 36536320
vfs.maxmallocbufspace: 1830092
vfs.bufmallocspace: 14336
vfs.getnewbufcalls: 17070364
vfs.getnewbufrestarts: 0
vfs.vmiodirenable: 1
vfs.bufdefragcnt: 0
vfs.buffreekvacnt: 0
vfs.bufreusecnt: 2230
vfs.cache.numneg: 954
vfs.cache.numcache: 15277
vfs.cache.numcalls: 358907390
vfs.cache.dothits: 36864
vfs.cache.dotdothits: 22283
vfs.cache.numchecks: 446527016
vfs.cache.nummiss: 18334965
vfs.cache.nummisszap: 17958676
vfs.cache.numposzaps: 8302412
vfs.cache.numposhits: 308047930
vfs.cache.numnegzaps: 1597589
vfs.cache.numneghits: 4606671
vfs.cache.numcwdcalls: 4819
vfs.cache.numcwdfail1: 0
vfs.cache.numcwdfail2: 0
vfs.cache.numcwdfail3: 0
vfs.cache.numcwdfail4: 0
vfs.cache.numcwdfound: 4819
vfs.cache.numfullpathcalls: 0
vfs.cache.numfullpathfail1: 0
vfs.cache.numfullpathfail2: 0
vfs.cache.numfullpathfail3: 0
vfs.cache.numfullpathfail4: 0
vfs.cache.numfullpathfound: 0
vfs.write_behind: 1
vfs.reassignbufcalls: 35011427
vfs.reassignbufloops: 0
vfs.reassignbufsortgood: 9089631
vfs.reassignbufsortbad: 7567110
vfs.reassignbufmethod: 1
vfs.nameileafonly: 0
vfs.timestamp_precision: 0
vfs.usermount: 0
vfs.ffs.doreallocblks: 1
vfs.ffs.doasyncfree: 1
net.local.stream.sendspace: 8192
net.local.stream.recvspace: 8192
net.local.dgram.maxdgram: 2048
net.local.dgram.recvspace: 4096
net.local.inflight: 0
net.inet.ip.portrange.lowfirst: 1023
net.inet.ip.portrange.lowlast: 600
net.inet.ip.portrange.first: 1024
net.inet.ip.portrange.last: 5000
net.inet.ip.portrange.hifirst: 49152
net.inet.ip.portrange.hilast: 65535
net.inet.ip.forwarding: 0
net.inet.ip.redirect: 1
net.inet.ip.ttl: 64
net.inet.ip.rtexpire: 18
net.inet.ip.rtminexpire: 10
net.inet.ip.rtmaxcache: 128
net.inet.ip.sourceroute: 0
net.inet.ip.intr_queue_maxlen: 50
net.inet.ip.intr_queue_drops: 0
net.inet.ip.accept_sourceroute: 0
net.inet.ip.fastforwarding: 0
net.inet.ip.keepfaith: 0
net.inet.ip.gifttl: 30
net.inet.ip.subnets_are_local: 0
net.inet.ip.maxfragpackets: 628
net.inet.ip.check_interface: 0
net.inet.icmp.maskrepl: 0
net.inet.icmp.icmplim: 200
net.inet.icmp.drop_redirect: 0
net.inet.icmp.log_redirect: 0
net.inet.icmp.icmplim_output: 1
net.inet.icmp.bmcastecho: 0
net.inet.tcp.rfc1323: 1
net.inet.tcp.rfc1644: 0
net.inet.tcp.mssdflt: 512
net.inet.tcp.keepidle: 7200000
net.inet.tcp.keepintvl: 75000
net.inet.tcp.sendspace: 32768
net.inet.tcp.recvspace: 57344
net.inet.tcp.keepinit: 75000
net.inet.tcp.delacktime: 100
net.inet.tcp.v6mssdflt: 1024
net.inet.tcp.log_in_vain: 0
net.inet.tcp.blackhole: 0
net.inet.tcp.delayed_ack: 1
net.inet.tcp.path_mtu_discovery: 1
net.inet.tcp.slowstart_flightsize: 1
net.inet.tcp.local_slowstart_flightsize: 4
net.inet.tcp.newreno: 1
net.inet.tcp.tcbhashsize: 512
net.inet.tcp.do_tcpdrain: 1
net.inet.tcp.pcbcount: 371
net.inet.tcp.icmp_may_rst: 1
net.inet.tcp.isn_reseed_interval: 0
net.inet.tcp.syncookies: 1
net.inet.tcp.syncache.bucketlimit: 30
net.inet.tcp.syncache.cachelimit: 15359
net.inet.tcp.syncache.count: 0
net.inet.tcp.syncache.hashsize: 512
net.inet.tcp.syncache.rexmtlimit: 3
net.inet.tcp.msl: 30000
net.inet.tcp.always_keepalive: 1
net.inet.udp.checksum: 1
net.inet.udp.maxdgram: 9216
net.inet.udp.recvspace: 42080
net.inet.udp.log_in_vain: 0
net.inet.udp.blackhole: 0
net.inet.accf.unloadable: 0
net.inet.raw.maxdgram: 8192
net.inet.raw.recvspace: 8192
net.link.generic.system.ifcount: 6
net.link.ether.inet.prune_intvl: 300
net.link.ether.inet.max_age: 1200
net.link.ether.inet.host_down_time: 20
net.link.ether.inet.maxtries: 5
net.link.ether.inet.useloopback: 1
net.link.ether.inet.proxyall: 0
net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_wrong_iface: 1
net.link.gif.max_nesting: 1
net.link.gif.parallel_tunnels: 0
net.inet6.ip6.forwarding: 0
net.inet6.ip6.redirect: 1
net.inet6.ip6.hlim: 64
net.inet6.ip6.maxfragpackets: 628
net.inet6.ip6.accept_rtadv: 0
net.inet6.ip6.keepfaith: 0
net.inet6.ip6.log_interval: 5
net.inet6.ip6.hdrnestlimit: 50
net.inet6.ip6.dad_count: 1
net.inet6.ip6.auto_flowlabel: 1
net.inet6.ip6.defmcasthlim: 1
net.inet6.ip6.gifhlim: 30
net.inet6.ip6.kame_version: 20010528/FreeBSD
net.inet6.ip6.use_deprecated: 1
net.inet6.ip6.rr_prune: 5
net.inet6.ip6.v6only: 0
net.inet6.ip6.rtexpire: 3600
net.inet6.ip6.rtminexpire: 10
net.inet6.ip6.rtmaxcache: 128
net.inet6.ip6.use_tempaddr: 0
net.inet6.ip6.temppltime: 86400
net.inet6.ip6.tempvltime: 604800
net.inet6.ip6.auto_linklocal: 1
net.inet6.icmp6.rediraccept: 1
net.inet6.icmp6.redirtimeout: 600
net.inet6.icmp6.nd6_prune: 1
net.inet6.icmp6.nd6_delay: 5
net.inet6.icmp6.nd6_umaxtries: 3
net.inet6.icmp6.nd6_mmaxtries: 3
net.inet6.icmp6.nd6_useloopback: 1
net.inet6.icmp6.nodeinfo: 3
net.inet6.icmp6.errppslimit: 100
net.inet6.icmp6.nd6_maxnudhint: 0
net.inet6.icmp6.nd6_debug: 0
debug.mddebug: 0
debug.elf_trace: 0
debug.boothowto: -2147483648
debug.free_devt: 0
debug.fdexpand: 4154
debug.sizeof.vnode: 168
debug.sizeof.proc: 408
debug.sizeof.specinfo: 68
debug.sizeof.disklabel: 276
debug.sizeof.diskslices: 1820
debug.sizeof.disk: 304
debug.ttydebug: 0
debug.nchash: 32767
debug.ncnegfactor: 16
debug.numneg: 954
debug.numcache: 15277
debug.vfscache: 1
debug.vnsize: 168
debug.ncsize: 36
debug.disablecwd: 0
debug.disablefullpath: 0
debug.numvnodes: 18175
debug.wantfreevnodes: 25
debug.freevnodes: 7919
debug.rush_requests: 0
debug.vnlru_nowhere: 198
debug.bpf_bufsize: 4096
debug.bpf_maxbufsize: 524288
debug.if_tun_debug: 0
debug.ncr_debug: 0
debug.max_softdeps: 142784
debug.tickdelay: 2
debug.worklist_push: 0
debug.blk_limit_push: 0
debug.ino_limit_push: 0
debug.blk_limit_hit: 0
debug.ino_limit_hit: 0
debug.sync_limit_hit: 0
debug.indir_blk_ptrs: 0
debug.inode_bitmap: 0
debug.direct_blk_ptrs: 0
debug.dir_entry: 0
debug.dircheck: 0
hw.machine: i386
hw.model: Pentium III/Pentium III Xeon/Celeron
hw.ncpu: 1
hw.byteorder: 1234
hw.physmem: 263815168
hw.usermem: 213774336
hw.pagesize: 4096
hw.floatingpoint: 1
hw.machine_arch: i386
hw.aac.iosize_max: 65536
hw.ata.ata_dma: 1
hw.ata.wc: 1
hw.ata.tags: 0
hw.ata.atapi_dma: 0
hw.pcic.irq: 0
hw.pcic.boot_deactivated: 0
hw.pcic.ignore_function_1: 0
hw.pcic.intr_path: 2
hw.pcic.init_routing: 0
hw.dc_quick: 1
hw.sis_quick: 1
hw.instruction_sse: 0
hw.availpages: 64241
hw.fxp0.int_delay: 1000
hw.fxp0.bundle_max: 6
hw.fxp1.int_delay: 1000
hw.fxp1.bundle_max: 6
machdep.consdev: { major = 12, minor = 255 }
machdep.adjkerntz: 0
machdep.disable_rtc_set: 0
machdep.wall_cmos_clock: 0
machdep.an_dump: off
machdep.an_cache_mcastonly: 0
machdep.an_cache_iponly: 1
machdep.cs_recv_delay: 570
machdep.wi_cache_mcastonly: 0
machdep.wi_cache_iponly: 1
machdep.do_dump: 1
machdep.pccard.pcic_resume_reset: 1
machdep.pccard.mem_start: 655360
machdep.pccard.mem_end: 1048576
machdep.enable_panic_key: 0
machdep.apm_suspend_delay: 1
machdep.apm_standby_delay: 1
machdep.ispc98: 0
machdep.msgbuf: apspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
<3>pid 29798 (sendmail), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
<3>pid 29289 (sendmail), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
<3>pid 29289 (sendmail), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
<3>pid 29696 (sendmail), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
swap_pager_getswapspace: failed

machdep.msgbuf_clear: 0
machdep.guessed_bootdev: /dev/da0s1a
machdep.panic_on_nmi: 1
machdep.i8254_freq: 1193182
machdep.conrclk: 1843200
machdep.conspeed: 9600
user.cs_path: /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:
user.bc_base_max: 99
user.bc_dim_max: 2048
user.bc_scale_max: 99
user.bc_string_max: 1000
user.coll_weights_max: 0
user.expr_nest_max: 32
user.line_max: 2048
user.re_dup_max: 255
user.posix2_version: 199212
user.posix2_c_bind: 0
user.posix2_c_dev: 0
user.posix2_char_term: 0
user.posix2_fort_dev: 0
user.posix2_fort_run: 0
user.posix2_localedef: 0
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user.posix2_upe: 0
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jail.socket_unixiproute_only: 1
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-- 
Chris Linstruth <cjl@qnet.com>


On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Wilkinson,Alex wrote:

> ran out of inodes ?
>
>  - aW
>
>
>
>
> 	Actually, I readily get the errors from systat -a.  The system
> 	isn't grinding to a halt, it's just reporting swap errors and file
> 	table full when pstat -s and sysctl show, plainly, that they're
> 	not even close to their maximums.
>
> 	--
> 	Chris Linstruth <cjl@qnet.com>
> 	QNET
> 	1529 East Palmdale Blvd Suite 200
> 	Palmdale, CA 93550
> 	(661) 538-2028
>
>
> 	On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Matthew Emmerton wrote:
>
> 	> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> 	> > Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 12:26:37 -0700 (PDT)
> 	> > From: Chris Linstruth <cjl@QNET.COM>
> 	> > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> 	> > Subject: Open files and Swap Space Errors
> 	> >
> 	>
> 	> Well, somehow you are running out of swap space.  Even though 'pstat -a'
> 	> shows that you've got tons free, that isn't useful since it (presumably)
> 	> wasn't taken at the same time your system was grinding to a halt.
> 	>
> 	> Off the top of my head, there's two things that could cause sendmail to spin
> 	> wildly out of control:
> 	> 1) misconfigured majordomo which causes bounces to be sent back to the list
> 	> (which bounce, and get sent back to the list, ...)
> 	> 2) some sort of mail bombing DoS
> 	>
> 	> If you're running with a high-enough LogLevel in your sendmail.cf, you
> 	> should see sender/recipient data in your sendmail logs, and this may give
>



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