I am running debian linux 1.2, when I log in from the console or telnet, I get an error on running fortune:
/usr/share/games/fortunes/art.dat: Too many open files I also get this error whenever I try to run Netscape, except relating to the java library files (instead of art.dat): /usr/local/netscape/java/classes/java40.jar: Too many open files The rest of the system seems to be operating normally. I do not know what was changed when this started, several things were added at once (IP Masquerading and samba), but I have added the same packages on other systems without geting this error message. Uptime gives: 12:05am up 7 days, 4:41h, 2 users, load average: 0.01, 0.02, 0.00 Free shows: free total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 46800 41468 5332 13556 16360 17520 -/+ buffers: 7588 39212 Swap: 65516 60 65456 If it is related to file permissions, what are the default permissions of the fortune program, and related files? I would greatly appreciate any light shed on this. thanks in advance! troy -- Psychiatrists say that one in four people are mentally ill. Check three friends, if they're okay, you're it. t r o y @ d a k o t a . n e t http://www.dakota.net/~troy <- PGP Public Key Here -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .