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From: Josh MacDonald <jmacd@deceit.xcf.berkeley.edu>
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To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Too many open files in system
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>Number:         1860
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       Too many open files in system (bug, I think)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Oct 21 18:10:01 PDT 1996
>Closed-Date:    Tue Oct 22 00:15:20 PDT 1996
>Last-Modified:  Tue Oct 22 02:30:02 PDT 1996
>Originator:     Josh MacDonald
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2-961006-SNAP i386
>Organization:
University of California, Berkeley
>Environment:

Nothing special.

>Description:

	

>How-To-Repeat:

	

>Fix:

	
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>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: phk 
State-Changed-When: Tue Oct 22 00:15:20 PDT 1996 
State-Changed-Why:  

You need to check your limits (ulimit if you use /bin/sh) 

If the problem persists, please provide a great deal more information. 

Closed.  

From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To: jmacd@deceit.xcf.berkeley.edu
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: kern/1860: Too many open files in system
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 11:02:33 +0200 (MET DST)

 As Josh MacDonald wrote:
 > 
 > >Number:         1860
 > >Category:       kern
 > >Synopsis:       Too many open files in system (bug, I think)
 
 If you're not even _sure_ it's a bug, better discuss this on
 freebsd-questions or freebsd-hackers first.
 
 Bump your `maxusers' in the kernel if you're going to setup a busy
 machine.  The default is rather for smaller systems.
 
 -- 
 cheers, J"org
 
 joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
 Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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