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Date:      Wed, 15 Jan 1997 05:48:55 -0800 (PST)
From:      rob@ugh.net.au
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   kern/2501: too many open files
Message-ID:  <199701151348.FAA02583@freefall.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <199701151350.FAA02670@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         2501
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       too many open files
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jan 15 05:50:00 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Rob Wise
>Organization:
>Release:        2.2-BETA_A
>Environment:
FreeBSD WonK.hobart.TASed.EDU.AU 2.2-BETA_A
>Description:
Jan 16 00:32:12 WonK last message repeated 3 times
Jan 16 00:32:12 WonK /kernel: file: table is full
Jan 16 00:32:12 WonK syslogd: /var/run/utmp: Too many open files in system
Jan 16 00:32:12 WonK last message repeated 3 times
Jan 16 00:32:12 WonK /kernel: file: table is full
Jan 16 00:32:13 WonK last message repeated 174 times

This is after a few days uptime on my home machine.  The only processes running apart from the basic system daemons are 1 pine, 1 ppp, 1 pppd and a few ssh client sessions, its not a heavily loaded machine.  The problem didn't happen with the same config file under 2.1.5-RELEASE.
It would appear that fd's aren't being closed properly somewhere because sendmail dies with similar errors every now and then.
>How-To-Repeat:
Leave the system up for a few days with some logging activity.
>Fix:

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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