SUMMARY : File descriptors on 2.5.1

Ade E Oyeyemi (oyeyemi_ade@jpmorgan.com)
Fri, 30 Jan 1998 10:23:45 +0100

Hi guys

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Many thanks to
dapo.osilesi@telematics.com
julienlim@rocketmail.com
afaleti@dllr.state.md.us
casper@holland.Sun.com
veni21@hotmail.com

**Question **
Hi guys ,
Does anyone know how to increase the number of file descriptors per
SYSTEM .
I know that the tunable parameter " rlim_fd_cur " sets the soft limit per
process , but how is this done per system ?
Thanks

**SOLUTION**

It seems like there is NO limit to the number of File descriptors per
SYSTEM,

The hard and soft limits per PROCESS can be set by the kernel parameters
rlim_fd_max
rlim_fd_cur
Some replies
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julienlim@rocketmail.com
Edit /etc/system, e.g. :
set rlim_fd_cur=512
set rlim_fd_max=1024
reboot the system after the adding the above lines
(boot -r)
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casper@holland.Sun.com
There is no such limit.

(If you increase rlim_fd_cur you also need to increase rlim_fd_max;
don't increase rlim_fd_cur past 1024)

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