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Date:      Mon, 4 Feb 2002 17:40:41 +1100
From:      Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
To:        "Alexander S. Volchenkov" <volax@uh.ru>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Help! How can I increase number of open files?
Message-ID:  <20020204174041.M1599@k7.mavetju.org>
In-Reply-To: <161691141.20020204093245@uh.ru>; from volax@uh.ru on Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 09:32:45AM %2B0300
References:  <161691141.20020204093245@uh.ru>

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On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 09:32:45AM +0300, Alexander S. Volchenkov wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> Where are too many messages in my FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE system:
> 
> Feb  3 22:00:51 ns syslogd: /var/run/utmp: Too many open files in system
> 
> How can I increase number of open files?

Two ways:

- change the kern.maxfiles setting in sysctl.

Or

- find out who is eating so many file-descriptors.
  Use lsof from the ports collection to your benefit.

Edwin

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