On 04/20/14 14:09, M. Fioretti wrote: > On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 14:11:24 PM +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: >> I don't know how the system sets this value. 8192 seems rather small to me. > good point, thanks. This, in fact, is a side question that I forgot to > ask in my original email: what are the criteria or rule of thumb to > calculate which value of max_user_watches is sensible? Does it depend > on number of files, RAM amount, what else? > > >> And there is nothing in my sysctl.conf to override. > same here, but I understand that I should __ADD__ that setting at the > end of the file. But this is another point on which I am seeking > confirmation/feedback, instead of risking to stop work for a day to > fix some problem... > > Marco Well.... As I noted, my 1GB VM F20 system has a value of 524288. I can't see how upping that value on your system will damage anything. In the little searching I also did on that issue I see some folks with 1M+ for that value. -- Getting tired of non-Fedora discussions and self-serving posts -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org