I'm afraid no other process is causing this. lsof | grep 'cyrus' | wc -l 2589 lsof | wc -l 12741 Greetings, Tom -----Original Message----- On Jan 15, 2008 3:31 PM, Tom Myny <tom.myny@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I'm having this each day: > > Jan 15 09:06:03 zeus lmtpunix[1029]: IOERROR: creating quota file > /var/imap/quota/l/user.user1.NEW: Too many open files > Jan 15 09:51:29 zeus lmtpunix[24100]: IOERROR: creating quota file > /var/imap/quota/i/user.user2.NEW: Too many open files > Jan 15 09:51:50 zeus lmtpunix[24100]: IOERROR: opening quota file > /var/imap/quota/f/user.user3: Too many open files > Jan 15 09:52:01 zeus lmtpunix[24100]: IOERROR: opening quota file > /var/imap/quota/i/user.user4: Too many open files > Jan 15 10:34:04 zeus lmtpunix[16510]: IOERROR: creating quota file > /var/imap/quota/w/user.user5.NEW: Too many open files > .. > Are you sure cyrus is guilty and no simply suffering of another process ? You can use lsof command to see who open what. > I've tried the following: > > --- > > Check file-max: > > cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max > > 359801 > > --- > > Checking ulimit: > > ulimit -a > core file size (blocks, -c) 0 > data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited > max nice (-e) 0 > file size (blocks, -f) unlimited > pending signals (-i) unlimited > max locked memory (kbytes, -l) unlimited > max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited > open files (-n) 1024 > pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8 > POSIX message queues (bytes, -q) unlimited > max rt priority (-r) 0 > stack size (kbytes, -s) 8192 > cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited > max user processes (-u) unlimited > virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited > file locks (-x) unlimited > > Set ulimit -n 10000 on start-up script -> No effect :( > > > --- > > Changed NR_OPEN and NR_FILE in kernel, recompile -> No effect :( > > --- > > > Anybody an idea ? > > Regards, > Tom > > ---- > Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ > Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki > List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html > ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
