Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: /proc: File table overflow | Date | Fri, 22 May 1998 22:45:14 +0200 | From | David Woodhouse <> |
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rob.naccarato@sheridanc.on.ca said: > I received this error: /proc: File table overflow.
I believe that there's a global limit of 1024 files open by default. To increase it, echo a larger number to /proc/sys/kernel/file-max
You'll probably want to increase /proc/sys/kernel/inode-max by a similar ratio at the same time.
> PS. Is there an equivlalent to "maxusers" in Linux that is present in > other kernels, like Digital Unix?
No. That's purely a licensing restriction. We have no need for it.
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