[svlug] file descriptors

[Arthur Thomas]

some software we are trying to run requires this

arthur

On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 09:21:27AM -0700 Emmanuel-Robert Mayssat decided to say:

> I am just curious ...
> AFAIK a file descriptor is created each time a process open a file.
> Why would you use more than 4096 open files ?
> 
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> Emmanuel
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> | Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 02:08:03 EDT
> | From:  Bill Jonas <bj at netaxs.com>
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> | On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Arthur Thomas wrote:
> | 
> | >$  ulimit -HSn 4096
> | >ulimit: cannot raise limit: Operation not permitted
> | >
> | >thanks for trying to help me :)
> | >
> | >any other ideas?
> | 
> | Are you root while attempting this?  I'll admit to not having tried to
> | increase the number of file descriptors before, but it seems to me that
> | it's the kind of thing that only root should be able to do.
> | 
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