If you are running linux, you will want to get the kernel source,
then see /usr/src/linux/Documentation/proc.txt; look for 'file-max'.
You might well need to look at inode-max as well as compile time
kernel limits if you are out of open files.
-- Michael
On Fri, 18 May 2001, Dan Trainor wrote:
> First off, I do see this message quite often in /var/log/messages:
>
> May 18 15:37:54 mail inetd[672]: pid 4150: exit status 1
>
> Looks like inetd just.. well, dies. I have yet to find a reason
> why, but I think it may have something to do with qpopper.
> Would anyone care to explain why, if it is the cause, qpopper
> makes it do that?
>
> Also, when doing some little tests on qpopper, I did come out with this
> error in /var/log/messages:
>
> May 18 15:39:16 mail kernel: VFS: file-max limit 4096 reached
>
> ..and until some messages were sent out or that number was
> lowered, procmail could not locally deliver messages. I do
> believe it is a kernel option that must be set (right?), but
> even so, it is something that others might want to take note
> when handling a bunch of connections.
