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From: j@ida.interface-business.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Too many open files... any solution?
Date: 12 Jun 1996 09:06:51 GMT
Organization: interface business GmbH, Dresden
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mhall@homecom.com (Mike A. Hall) wrote:

> It seems that "limit" doesn't maintain its settings.  I am able to
> restore "unlimited" number of openfiles by typing:
> 
> limit openfiles unlimited
> 
> The number then goes up to  650 (from 64).

That's the hard limit.  Run ``limit -h'' to see the various hard
limits.  Not even root can unlimit beyond these values.

-- 
J"org Wunsch					       Unix support engineer
joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de       http://www.interface-business.de/~j