In your /etc/rc.d/init.d/squid file, or whatever script is starting squid, put: ulimit -HSn 65536 Jenny > From: sunyucong@xxxxxxxxx > Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:03:05 -0700 > To: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: 3.2.1 file descriptor is locked to 1024? > > I found that if I include > max_filedescriptors 16384 in the config, it will actually use the 16384 fds > > if I don't have this line, then it will use 1024, however the document > and source code I can find doesn't say any thing like 1024 at all, > > what might be the reason? > > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 7:31 PM, Yucong Sun (叶雨飞) <sunyucong@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Here's what I get from mgr:info > > > > File descriptor usage for squid: > > Maximum number of file descriptors: 1024 > > Largest file desc currently in use: 755 > > Number of file desc currently in use: 692 > > Files queued for open: 0 > > Available number of file descriptors: 332 > > Reserved number of file descriptors: 100 > > Store Disk files open: 0 > > > > > > and here's the squid -v output > > > > Squid Cache: Version 3.2.1 > > configure options: '--disable-maintainer-mode' > > '--disable-dependency-tracking' '--disable-silent-rules' > > '--enable-inline' '--enable-async-io=8' '--enable-storeio=ufs,aufs' > > '--enable-removal-policies=lru,heap' '--enable-cache-digests' > > '--enable-underscores' '--enable-follow-x-forwarded-for' > > '--disable-translation' '--with-filedescriptors=65536' > > '--with-default-user=proxy' '--enable-ssl' '--enable-ltdl-convenience' > > > > How can I get squid 3.2.1 to use more than 1024 ? > > > > I've verified that system is fine, there's no per user limit either. > > > > # cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max > > 199839
