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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!newsfeed.dacom.co.kr!arclight.uoregon.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!netaxs.com!socko.cdnow.com!heller From: heller@socko.cdnow.com (A. Karl Heller) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: /kernel: file: table is full Date: 4 Oct 1996 12:15:15 GMT Organization: CDnow - The World's Largest Online Music Store http://cdnow.com Lines: 49 Message-ID: <532v4j$672@netaxs.com> Reply-To: heller@cdnow.com NNTP-Posting-Host: socko.cdnow.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] We just started to use a FreeBSD 2.1.5 box as a new mail hub. Our log files soon filled up with: Oct 4 04:40:39 /kernel: file: table is full Oct 4 04:40:39 last message repeated 3 times Oct 4 04:40:39 sendmail[6157]: EAA06157: SYSERR(UID0): Can't create trans cript file xfEAA06157: Too many open files in system Oct 4 04:40:39 sendmail[6157]: EAA06157: SYSERR(UID0): Can't open /dev/nu ll: Too many open files in system Oct 4 04:40:40 /kernel: file: table is full Over and over again for hours. Anybody know how to tune this paramiter to allow more open files? Its a custom kernel with the following options: cpu "I586_CPU" maxusers 10 options INET #InterNETworking options FFS #Berkeley Fast Filesystem options NFS #Network Filesystem options MSDOSFS #MSDOS Filesystem options "CD9660" #ISO 9660 Filesystem options PROCFS #Process filesystem options "COMPAT_43" #Compatible with BSD 4.3 options "SCSI_DELAY=15" #Be pessimistic about Joe SCSI device options BOUNCE_BUFFERS #include support for DMA bounce buffers options UCONSOLE #Allow users to grab the console options SYSVSHM options SYSVSEM options SYSVMSG config kernel root on sd0 pseudo-device pty 32 I don't think maxusers or pty has something to do with it since there weren't any errors about the proc table being full. This sounds more like a file system issue. Any help would be appreciated. Other than that and the occasional "Adjusting time too_old" ( or some such message, what is that? ) the system is rock stable. Great job! Karl