kern.maxfiles limit exceeded... what to do?

[Jason Garrett]

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 07:41, Wojciech Puchar <
wojtek at wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote:

> increase kern.maxfiles :)
>
> in sysctl.conf
>

Pretty sure he got his answer over on @hackers. The need to cross post never
ceases to amaze me.


>
> On Tue, 14 Apr 2009, VeeJay wrote:
>
>  Hi there
>>
>> I am keep getting this error on the screen. I have tried to solve this
>> problem by myself but still no luck. Could anyone guide what to do to
>> increase the limit and avoid this error?
>>
>> kern.maxfiles limit exceeded by uid 1003, please see tuning(7)
>> kern.maxfiles limit exceeded by uid 1003, please see tuning(7)
>> kern.maxfiles limit exceeded by uid 1003, please see tuning(7)
>> kern.maxfiles limit exceeded by uid 1003, please see tuning(7)
>> Apr 14 11:08:08 server2 postfix/pickup[25022] : fatal : kqueue : Too many
>> files open in the system
>> Apr 14 11:08:08 server2 postfix/pickup[25023] : fatal : kqueue : Too many
>> files open in the system
>> kern.maxfiles limit exceeded by uid 1003, please see tuning(7)
>> kern.maxfiles limit exceeded by uid 1003, please see tuning(7)
>> kern.maxfiles limit exceeded by uid 1003, please see tuning(7)
>> kern.maxfiles limit exceeded by uid 1003, please see tuning(7)
>>
>> Then I am unable to login on the server by consol or ssh. what to do?
>> --
>> Thanks!
>>
>> BR / vj
>>
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