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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!news.stealth.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!hunter.premier.net!news1.erols.com!news From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Kernel Problem - "file table is full" Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 18:53:05 +0000 Organization: Erol's Internet Services Lines: 25 Message-ID: <32370A91.7EA0@www.play-hookey.com> References: <323621D9.5851@co.ip.pt> Reply-To: kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; U) Rui Cohen wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm using FreeBSD 2.1.0 in a box running a news server and I keep > getting these messages: > > /kernel: file: table is full > syslogd: /var/run/utmp: Too many open files in system > > I understand that a few kernel changes are necessary for FBSD to run > well with a large number of users, process and open files. > > What kernel options should I change and what are the recommended values > for a pretty loaded server ? > RT Handbook on recompiling the kernel. There's a whole description about MAXUSERS and how this value gets used. -- Ken Are you interested in | byte-sized education | http://www.play-hookey.com over the Internet? |