RE: Increasing number of allocated file handles

["Scott Ruckh" <sruckh gemneye org>]

This is what you said Koray Sonmez
> Hello,
>
> This solution for if your system is redhat x86.
> For Oracle application Server release 10.1.0.2 the kernel parameter
> settings can be changed explained in the following section;
>
> Using any text editor, create or edit the /etc/sysctl.conf file and add or
> edit lines similar to the following:
>
> Note:
> Include lines only for the kernel parameter values that you want to
> change. For the semaphore parameters (kernel.sem), you must specify all
> four values. However, if any of the current values are larger than the
> recommended value, specify the larger value.
>
> kernel.shmall = 2097152
>
> kernel.shmmax = 2147483648
>
> kernel.shmmni = 4096
>
> # semaphores: semmsl, semmns, semopm, semmni
>
> kernel.sem = 256 32000 100 142
>
> fs.file-max = 131072
>
> net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 10000 65000
>
> kernel.msgmni = 2878
>
> kernel.msgmax = 8192
>
> kernel.msgmnb = 65535
>
>
> By specifying the values in the /etc/sysctl.conf file, they persist when
> you restart the system.
>
> Koray Sonmez

You may want to investigate ulimits and pam_limits.  We have used it for
our "oracle" users.