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.