From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Sep 6 06:56:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA19496 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Sun, 6 Sep 1998 06:56:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (passer.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.110.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA19490 for ; Sun, 6 Sep 1998 06:56:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cy@cschuber.net.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.8/8.6.10) id GAA28481; Sun, 6 Sep 1998 06:55:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cschuber.net.gov.bc.ca(142.31.240.113), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpdc28473; Sun Sep 6 06:54:59 1998 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.8.8/8.6.10) id GAA00979; Sun, 6 Sep 1998 06:54:00 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199809061354.GAA00979@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdZAC967; Sun Sep 6 06:53:58 1998 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 Reply-to: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-Sender: cy To: Mike Smith cc: andrew@squiz.co.nz, Tom , The Hermit Hacker , Bob K , The Lab , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: too many open files In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 05 Sep 1998 10:11:15 PDT." <199809051711.KAA05862@word.smith.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1998 06:53:54 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > between sysctl and login.conf, either can be set without a rebuild. > > No. The kern.maxfiles sysctl shouldn't be writable in 2.2, and it's > not writable in 3.0; it refers to the size of a static table. I've been setting kern.maxfiles on 2.2 systems for well over a year, possibly even two years. It seems like it would be a step backwards for 3.0 to require a kernel rebuild to set this value. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Open Systems Group Internet: cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca ITSD Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca Government of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message