Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: Why can't I raise open files on a 2.2.x kernel? | Date | Wed, 17 Feb 1999 01:18:17 +0000 (GMT) |
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> This worked great. What do I do for kernel 2.2.x? Also > what I don't understand is why the sysctl features that > should allow me to raise the limit have no effect. > > echo 8192 > /proc/sys/fs/file-max > > does nothing as far as I can tell. > > My problem is a heavily loaded web server running out of > open file space.
To go over 1024 you need the -ac patches to the kernel tree. You also need to raise your resource limits above 1024
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