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Date:      Wed, 25 Dec 1996 23:03:15 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Francis Percival C. Favoreal" <june@adn.edu.ph>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <questions@freebsd.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Too many open files
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.961225230228.281T-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.93.961223173910.724A-100000@sili.adn.edu.ph>

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On Mon, 23 Dec 1996, Francis Percival C. Favoreal wrote:

> 
> I notice that when I try to reload the DNS by issuing a
> 
> 	# kill -HUP 70
> 
> I receive the error below,
> 
> 	named[70]: socket(SOCK_DGRAM): Too many open files - exiting
> 
> The process named is no longer running because of this error I think. I
> have to reboot just to reload the DNS.

I thought I answered this. Oh well....

Before running named run:

limit openfiles=128

or

ulimit

to unlock the shell resource limits.  See the mail archives for full
details.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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