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Date:      Fri, 12 Jan 2001 23:09:25 +0100
From:      Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: file table full
Message-ID:  <5.0.2.1.0.20010112230639.0482c5c0@mail.Go2France.com>
In-Reply-To: <004101c07ce3$5a226d80$0200fea9@infowest.com>

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>This is a snipping from /var/log/messages:
>
>Jan 10 16:56:43 refresh2 syslogd: /var/run/utmp: Too many open files in system
>Jan 10 16:56:43 refresh2 last message repeated 3 times
>Jan 10 16:56:43 refresh2 /kernel: file: table is full
>Jan 10 16:56:43 refresh2 syslogd: /var/run/utmp: Too many open files in system
>Jan 10 16:56:43 refresh2 last message repeated 3 times
>Jan 10 16:56:43 refresh2 /kernel: file: table is full
>Jan 10 16:56:43 refresh2 syslogd: /var/run/utmp: Too many open files in system
>Jan 10 16:56:43 refresh2 last message repeated 3 times
>Jan 10 16:56:43 refresh2 /kernel: file: table is full
>Jan 10 16:56:43 refresh2 syslogd: /var/run/utmp: Too many open files in system
>
>How can I tell what program is leaving these files open?

ports: lsof

If you need in fact more file table space,

man sysctl

sysctl -a

Of interest:

# sysctl -a | grep maxfil
kern.maxfiles: 1064
kern.maxfilesperproc: 1064

Len



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