On Fri, 2005-02-11 at 05:55, Piotrek Kaczmarek wrote: > Hi, > I encountered the following situation - when there are around 20000 connections > "cat /proc/net/ip_conntrack" doesn't display all connections and outputs > "cat: No space left on device" error. If I patch kernel with POM and 'nth' module > (only patch, don't load the module) the same happens around 17000 connections. > It happenes both with 2.6.9 and 2.6.10 kernels. > > Why is it so? Is this matter of memory limit or something else? what does: sysctl net.ipv4.netfilter.ip_conntrack_max say? i don't suppose it would be quite that simple, but might as well start there. -j -- "Son, when you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose: it's how drunk you get." --The Simpsons