> I am running SUN 420s with 4 processors and 4GB and SUN 4500s with 8 > processors and 8GB, Solaris 8, sendmail or sendmail-swtich, > and mimedefang > 2.39 which calls spamassassin. > When I set MAX_SLAVES above 60 I get this message: > > Feb 17 11:23:48 uusnwa0y mimedefang-multiplexor: [ID 778059 mail.info] > Starting slave 59 (pid 21793) (60 running): About to perform scan > Feb 17 11:23:48 uusnwa0y mimedefang-multiplexor: [ID 291197 > mail.error] > Could not start slave 60: pipe failed: Too many open files
Sounds like a Solaris system limit - what is the output of "ulimit -a" in csh? Since the multiplexor opens each of the slaves and maintains several file descriptors (I assume stdin/stdout/stderr as a minimum) for each slave, plus sockets and library files, I would guess that the default limit of 256 descriptors is being hit. This can be changed to 1024 under csh using "limit descriptors 1024", but to go above this you have to reconfigure the kernel. See "man limit" for details of the names and sh/ksh equivs. Best Wishes, Paul. __________________________________________________ Paul Murphy Head of Informatics Ionix Pharmaceuticals Ltd 418 Science Park, Cambridge, CB4 0PA Tel. 01223 433741 Fax. 01223 433788 ___________________________________________________________ DISCLAIMER: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please contact the sender or the Ionix IT Helpdesk on +44 (0) 1223 433741 _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.canit.ca MIMEDefang mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
