On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 02:50:12PM -0400, Dave wrote: > Hello, > Running squid on a 6.x box. I'm going to implement digest user > authentication, and want to ensure squid is running optimally. Googling and > reading "Squid the Definitive Guide" by Oreilly indicates that the file > descriptors should be raised. I did a > > sysctl -a|grep maxfiles > > and found a value of 1440. It was suggested to increase this to 8192, which > i did. I then found entries in /etc/login.conf that make me wonder if this > change was necessary. All of these are set to unlimited in the default > option: datasize, stacksize, memoryuse, filesize and openfiles (one of these > the descriptors), maxproc, and Given this do i have to add an > options maxfiles=8192 Hi, You don't need to edit your kernel config file, you can set this in /boot/loader.conf. The "unlimited" in login.conf doesn't really mean "infinite"; it means "all that the kernel can provide." Your kernel is limited to 1440 without a change. > in my kernel config file? I've also read the wiki in particular the section > on diskd, i'm using the ufs storage scheme, would it help if i implemented > diskd? Any other suggestions welcome. > Thanks. > Dave. -- Michael W. Lucas mwlucas@xxxxxxxxxxx, mwlucas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.BlackHelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ Latest book: PGP & GPG -- http://www.pgpandgpg.com "The cloak of anonymity protects me from the nuisance of caring." -Non Sequitur
