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1 PerryLorier 1 !!!File Table Overflow
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3 The system has reached the maximum number of files it will allow to be open at once system wide.
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5 This is usually caused by a runaway process or group of processes. For example a cron job that runs a program but that program never exiting will eventually either run the system out of memory, out of processes, or out of files.
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2 CraigBox 7 lsof(8), fuser(1) etc can be used to try and determine what is using the files and killing the offending processes. Also, you can up the system wide number of files by putting a larger number into /proc/sys/fs/file-max, you will probably have to update /proc/sys/fs/inode-max too (maximum number of open inodes). See ProcessNotes.
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9 Under Solaris this limit can be increased by setting maxusers in /etc/system. To make a change of /etc/system effective, a reboot is necessary.
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