I get this behavior too, using siege 2.70-1+b1 on wheezy. Here are my settings:
siege -v https://server/page.html Here are my settings: ~$ grep -v "#" .siegerc |grep -v "^$" logfile = $(HOME)/siege.log verbose = true show-logfile = true logging = true protocol = HTTP/1.1 chunked = true cache = false connection = close concurrent = 2000 time = 30M delay = 1 internet = false benchmark = true accept-encoding = gzip spinner = true zero-data-ok = false And the output: stephane@darkangel:~$ siege -v https://10.4.2.192/html/cod7_360_all.html ** SIEGE 2.70 ** Preparing 2000 concurrent users for battle. The server is now under siege... [error] descriptor table full sock.c:108: Too many open files [error] descriptor table full sock.c:108: Too many open files [snip] [error] descriptor table full sock.c:108: Too many open files libgcc_s.so.1 must be installed for pthread_cancel to work libgcc_s.so.1 must be installed for pthread_cancel to work [error] descriptor table full sock.c:108: Too many open files libgcc_s.so.1 must be installed for pthread_cancel to work libgcc_s.so.1 must be installed for pthread_cancel to work Aborted I'd be happy to provide more if you want. Cheers, Steph -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org