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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!agate!theos.com!riscan.riscan.com!van.istar!ott.istar!istar.net!winternet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!Norway.EU.net!nntp.uio.no!news.kth.se!tybalt.admin.kth.se!celsiustech.se!seunet!news2.swip.net!nike.volvo.se!cyklop.volvo.se!peter From: peter@cyklop.volvo.se (peter hakanson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Too many open files... any solution? Date: 12 Jun 1996 08:02:22 GMT Organization: Volvo Corp. Lines: 37 Message-ID: <4pltie$6mt@nike.volvo.se> References: <4pk2ce$1urs@mule2.mindspring.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cyklop.volvo.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] limit changes stuff for the curreent process. Unrelated processes will get default limits. Fix another tree! Mike A. Hall (mhall@homecom.com) 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). When I again notice : problems (maybe six hours later) the number is back down to 64. : Why is that? The server isn't being rebooted. : My end result or desire is to allow a great number of available : processes and openfiles simultaneously. No one has ever asked : for that, have they?... =) : Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree. If I should be working on the : kernel instead, please let me know. : Thanks for your help, : Mike A. Hall : =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= : Mike A. Hall Webmaster HomeCom Communications : mhall@homecom.com http://www.homecom.com : Voice: (800) 416-8078 -- (404) 237-4646 -- Fax: (404) 237-3060 -- -- Peter Hakanson VolvoData Dep 2580 phone +46 31 66 74 27