Op 03/12/2012 om 14:03:45 +0100, schreef W.C.A. Wijngaards: > On 12/03/2012 01:50 PM, Leo Baltus wrote: > > Op 03/12/2012 om 13:16:47 +0100, schreef W.C.A. Wijngaards: > >> On 12/03/2012 01:01 PM, Leo Baltus wrote: > >>> On starting unbound I get: > >>> > >>> [1354535821] unbound[13607:0] warning: increased limit(open > >>> files) from 16384 to 33142 > >>> > >>> Shouldn't this be sent tot syslog or logfile? > >> > >> It increases ulimit while it holds root privileges. It then > >> chroots and drops user privileges. It does not have the syslog > >> or logfile open to log to at the time when this call happens. > >> > > > > Ah, that explains. > > > > Still, it is unexpected to have something thrown out when it is > > 'only' a warning. > > > > What do you expect us to do with this warning? > > Unbound is using root privileges to gain extra OS resources, resources > that are limited for normal processes. This messages is to tell you > that it did so, and how many resources it took. What you do is up to > you: simply ignore it, calculate the number of buffers on the system, > configure unbound to use less resources, ... (or set ulimit higher > beforehand, and you get no warning).
Check. ulimit -H -n $number Thanks. So far Unbound has been a pleasure to compile and configure, thanks for a great product and your outstanding support. -- Leo Baltus, internetbeheerder /\ NPO ICT Internet Services /NPO/\ Sumatralaan 45, 1217 GP Hilversum, Filmcentrum, west \ /\/ [email protected], 035-6773555 \/ _______________________________________________ Unbound-users mailing list [email protected] http://unbound.nlnetlabs.nl/mailman/listinfo/unbound-users
