Andrey G. Sergeev (AKA Andris) wrote: > Hello fellow list users, > > > I'm using BIND under the FreeBSD and Windows to build a reliable DNS > infrastructure in my home and lab network. Today I've upgraded one of > the Windows XP installations of BIND from 9.5.0-P1 to -P2. Everything > works like a charm except that there is a one suspicious warning entry > with ID 2 in the Event Log saying that > ------------------------------[Cut]------------------------------ > the 'files' limit (2048) is less than FD_SETSIZE (16384), increase > 'files' in named.conf or recompile with a smaller FD_SETSIZE. > ------------------------------[Cut]------------------------------ > > There is no "files" directive in my named.conf under the "options" > section. It seems to me that the nature of the warning described above > seems to be strange because the default setting for the "files" is > "unlimited". > > I've tried to subsequently set the "files" option to "16384" and > "unlimited" but it doesn't help. > > Could anyone confirm this and suggest the possible trick to avoid the > problem? > > Thanks.
It is safe to ignore this one. Windows file descriptors don't work the same way and FD_SETSIZE has no role in how windows uses them in BIND 9. I'll put it on my non-urgent list of things to fix on the Windows side. Danny
