Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1998 06:53:54 -0700 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: andrew@squiz.co.nz, Tom <tom@uniserve.com>, The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>, Bob K <melange@yip.org>, The Lab <thelab@nmarcom.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: too many open files Message-ID: <199809061354.GAA00979@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 05 Sep 1998 10:11:15 PDT." <199809051711.KAA05862@word.smith.net.au>
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> > 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
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