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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!europa.clark.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!news-in-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!196.4.160.8!hermes.is.co.za!not-for-mail From: Inus Scheepers <inus@dockside.co.za> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: ifconfig limit reached? Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 00:02:14 -0200 Organization: No organisation supplied Lines: 25 Message-ID: <33864C26.6E2B@dockside.co.za> References: <michelle-2205971722230001@monalisa.primelogic.com> <5m3qnp$ic4@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> Reply-To: inus@dockside.co.za NNTP-Posting-Host: portserver-2.dockside.co.za Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Win16; I) CC: michelle@primelogic.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41540 Brian Somers wrote: > > In article <michelle-2205971722230001@monalisa.primelogic.com>, > michelle@primelogic.com (Michelle Brownsworth) writes: > > Today I added the 57th ifconfig line to our server's rc.local file as part > > of the routine adding of a virtual host. I HUP'ed named and was greeted > > by a nameserver core dump and complaints of "too many files open." ... > > You could try increasing kern.maxfiles. This is usually the same as > kern.maxfilesperproc - around 360 on a "10 user" machine. > > # sysctl kern.maxfiles=500 > # sysctl kern.maxfilesperproc=500 > > I dunno if this will help. > Try "ulimit -n 1000" before restarting named... It worked for me - I put it in the rc. -- Inus Scheepers Cape Town