Re: [CentOS] too many open files

On Thu, 2010-08-19 at 13:44 -0400, Jerry Geis wrote:

I am getting an error about to many open files. I tried to "echo 500000 > /proc/sys/fs/file-max" The number is there now, but I continue to get the error.

Is there something else to do?

----For EL 5? You don't say? # /etc/security/limits.conf # Open File Descriptors * - nofile 8192 --- Just how many do you have open? http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt

There is also a per user basis also.

John

My advise is to stay way from setting it via /proc. You could still be getting the warning because the system has not read proc very busy machines I have seen this.