Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 25 Oct 2001 09:18:41 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Mohammad A. Haque" <> | Subject | Re: Max number of open files in 2.4.x |
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote:
> Hello all, > > Do I really have to patch source and recompile a 2.4 kernel to modify the > maximum number of open files? > > Why is there such a hardcoded limit anyway? >
No need to patch. Check out the entry in /proc/sys/fs/file-max $ cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max
To change the value: echo XXXXX > /proc/sys/fs/file-max
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