Re: Raising number of file handles per process

Miquel van Smoorenburg (miquels@cistron.nl)
13 Sep 1999 19:23:04 +0200

In article <cistron.Pine.SUN.3.96.990913093048.473x-100000@invisible.eskimo.com>,
Robert Dinse <nanook@eskimo.com> wrote:
> I would be happy if I could get this to work even AS root. Under 2.2.10:
>
># id
>uid=0(root) gid=0(wheel) groups=0(wheel),6(console),0(wheel),51(staff)
># echo 16384 > /proc/sys/fs/file-max
># ulimit -nH 2000
>ksh: ulimit: bad limit: Operation not permitted
>#
>
> Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong?

You need to run at least 2.2.12.

Mike.

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	-- Bill, "The Terrible Thunderlizards"


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