From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 12:56:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 12:56:38 -0500 Received: from smtppop1pub.gte.net ([206.46.170.20]:27993 "EHLO smtppop1pub.verizon.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 12:56:07 -0500 Message-ID: <003101c05ed7$8d91dc20$673c2904@ent.shellnet.net> From: "Brian Parris" To: "Kernel mailing list" Subject: File Descriptors Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 11:22:24 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I run a shell server and I am running into a problem with not having enough file descriptors and keep getting errors like this: /bin/sh: error while loading shared libraries: libtermcap.so.2: cannot open shared object file: Error 23 error 23 as defined in errno.h is file table overflow, how do I increase the number of file descriptors available on my system, and is there an absolute limit or a reason not to raise it to a large number? I am currently running kernel 2.2.17 UP, any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Brian Parris brian@shellnet.net brian.parris@verizon.net P.S. Please cc me, i am on the list but i don't want it to get lost in the kernel folder - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/