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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!gmi!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!MathWorks.Com!yeshua.marcam.com!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!psgrain!ticsa.com!ucthpx!ucthpx!not-for-mail From: smarq@ucthpx.uct.ac.za (S Marquard) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Too many open files on FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 ? Date: 2 Oct 1994 10:00:43 +0200 Organization: University of Cape Town Lines: 24 Message-ID: <36lpbb$9u2@ucthpx.uct.ac.za> NNTP-Posting-Host: ucthpx.uct.ac.za Summary: "Too many open files error message" - why? Keywords: files filesystem taylor smail freebsd I run a FreeBSD 1.1.5.1-release system which feeds a bunch of UUCP sites, using Smail 3.1.28 #6 and Taylor UUCP 1.05 (as distributed). Recently about 25 messages ended up in postmaster's mailbox, all having failed with /usr/bin/uux: creat (TMPxxxxxxxx) Too many open files in system listed as the reason for non-delivery. Is this a FreeBSD file system problem / limitation? Can one set the maximum number of open files allowed, if so, how? Some messages were delivered into newsgroups through a mail2news gateway (into INN), but the same message (part of the same rmail command) failed when trying to write into a UUCP queue. I have only one /usr filesystem, which isn't split in any way. If it's not a FreeBSD problem (ie. a Taylor / Smail problem), does anyone have any suggestions? Stephen Marquard smarq@ucthpx.uct.ac.za