Subj : "Too many open files" under Linux
To   : Mewcenary
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Feb 20 2022 11:49:47

  Re: "Too many open files" under Linux
  By: Mewcenary to All on Sun Feb 20 2022 07:45 am

 > Hi everyone,
 >
 > Last night, around midnight, my Synchronet setup (running under Ubuntu)
 > became unresponsive.
 >
 > Typical log fragment:
 >
 > Feb 20 07:22:42 synchronet synchronet: term Node 1 !Error 24 (Too many open
 > files) opening: /sbbs/text/answer.msg
 > Feb 20 07:22:42 synchronet synchronet: term Node 1 !JavaScript : can't open
 > /sbbs/exec/loginDD.js: No such file or directory
 > Feb 20 07:22:42 synchronet synchronet: term Node 1 !ERROR 24 (Too many open
 > files) in exec.cpp line 662 (js_execfile) compiling "/sbbs/exec/loginDD.js"
 > access=0
 >
 > It wasn't just linked to loginDD.js - anything involving files would throw
 > this error (including sbbsecho).
 >
 > A stop / start has resolved the issue.... for now....
 >
 > What's the best approach to hardening my installation against this?

Sounds like a bug (a file descriptor leak, usually open files, but could be open socket descriptors or other types of file descriptors that were not closed) somewhere. Using a tool such as 'lsof' if/when it happens again should help to identify the culprit.
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--- SBBSecho 3.14-Linux
 * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)

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