make sure you increase the global kernel file limit
(/proc/sys/fs/file-max) and that you have a kernel compiled to
accept however much you need...
Cheers,
MaZe.
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, Mike Obvious wrote:
> I did it before:
> * soft nofile 16384
> * hard nofile 16384
> in /etc/security/limits.conf, but it doesn't work at all - I still have
> #ulimit -n
> 1024
> #ulimit -Hn
> 1024
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 22:22:13 -0500, C. Linus Hicks <lhicks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 21:50 -0500, Mike Obvious wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > Question from the novice.
> > >
> > > I have to permanently increase number of opened files ( ulimit -n 16384 and
> > > ulimit -Hn 16384) for some application.
> > > I did custom kernel based on
> > >
> > > https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/sysadmin-guide/s1-custom-kernel-modularized.html
> > >
> > > and application documentation ( written for RH 9), no error during all makes
> > > but I have panic during the boot. ( It's Dell SC1425, dual CPU, 2GB RAM,
> > > i686-based kernel).
> > >
> > > Is there any other way to do it ?
> >
> > Look in /etc/security/limits.conf
> >
> > --
> > C. Linus Hicks <lhicks at nc dot rr dot com>
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