Neale,

According to both my 2.2.16 and 2.4.9 systems, that should be:

sysctl -w fs.file-max=<new value>

Mark Post

-----Original Message-----
From: Ferguson, Neale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 11:43 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: VFS: file-max limit 8192 reached


sysctl -w fs.fs-max=<new value>

Place fs.fs-max=<newvalue> in file /etc/sysctl.conf and have one of your
boot scripts issue the sysctl -p command.

> -----Original Message-----
> One of my users got the following message while migrating
> files to his home
> directory:
>
> > VFS: file-max limit 8192 reached
>
> We're running SLES7.  Can someone tell me what it is, where
> this limit is
> set, and how can I change it?   Any good reasons NOT to change it?

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