Re: Why can't I raise open files on a 2.2.x kernel?
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 17 Feb 1999 01:18:17 +0000 (GMT)
> 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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