[SLUG] PAM ..... to many files open on system

[Jeff Hutchinson]

Would anyone be able to point me in the right direction to solve this problem. This afternoon my linux server ( I run samba) started to reject logins from my windows clients. A view of the system log reveiled that PAM was complaining there were too many files open on the system. If this is a system thing can I increase the number of files that can be open.   The system serves some 80 windows machines and today it was heavily used. The system,                    733Mhz Intel                    192MB Ram                    60 and 20GB HD                    Realtek network card (8139). Any help would be appreicated,   Jeff Hutchinson