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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.bri.connect.com.au!corolla.OntheNet.com.au!news From: Tony Griffiths <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Kernel Problem - "file table is full" Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 11:39:40 +1000 Organization: On the Net (ISP on the Cold Coast, Australia) Lines: 28 Message-ID: <323769DC.84C@OntheNet.com.au> References: <323621D9.5851@co.ip.pt> Reply-To: tonyg@OntheNet.com.au NNTP-Posting-Host: swanee.nt.com.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (WinNT; I) To: rmc@co.ip.pt 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 ? > > TIA, > > --- > Rui Cohen In the kernel config file (I assume that you have built a kernel and are not using the generic one!), edit the "maxusers" (or something like that) and increase to 64. Alternatively, locate the header file in the compile area that determines the maximum number of open file and edit it directly but the first option is safer! Tony