Re: too many files open?

["Alfredo J. Cole" <alfredo clshonduras com>]

El Mié 19 Feb 2003 09:10, Jan escribió:
> dbrett wrote:
> > I have a RH 6.2 server, which seems to be unable to keep up with the load
> > it is under.  I have to keep rebooting it about every other day.  One of
> > the first clues I have is there too many files open and can't do another
> > operation.
> >
> > How do I find out how many files are open and by what programs?  Is it
> > possible to increase the number of files which can be open?
>
> lsof may be a good place to start - it lists all open files; it is a
> LONG list! Perhaps you should run it at intervals (and save the output)
> to see if there is a single program that runs amok.
>
> /jan

Do a cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max

This will report how many files you can open.

You can increase it by doing

echo 8192 >/proc/sys/fs/file-max

If it solves your problem, put this command in your rc.local file so it will 
be available everytime you reboot the system.

Regards.

-- 
Alfredo J. Cole
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