> So how can one increase the kernel limit so that ulimit -n can work with > a greater value? (it doesn't accept anything else but 956, despite > kern.maxfiles being increased).
$ sysctl kern.maxfiles kern.maxfiles = 3405 $ sudo sysctl -w kern.maxfiles=3500 kern.maxfiles: 3405 -> 3500 $ sysctl kern.maxfiles kern.maxfiles = 3500 $ sysctl proc.$$.rlimit.descriptors.hard proc.13239.rlimit.descriptors.hard = 3405 $ ulimit -H -n 3405 $ sudo sysctl -w proc.$$.rlimit.descriptors.hard=3450 proc.13239.rlimit.descriptors.hard: 3405 -> 3450 $ ulimit -H -n 3450 Notice I use root to increase the hard limit for my non-root process.
