> Would you mind pasting exact command that worked for you from inside a snap? > > In my case ulimit works just fine outside of confinement. For example: > jacek@laptop:~$ ulimit -n 10240 > jacek@laptop:~$ ulimit -n > 10240 > > But when I try the same when confined I can only go as high as 4096.
$ cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max 1624349 $ ulimit -Hn 65536 $ ulimit -Sn 1024 $ ulimit -Sn 65536 $ ulimit -Sn 65536 This works for me when running a confined shell: $ snap run —shell mysnap.mycommand Michi. > > -- > Jacek > > > On 16/03/17 13:06, Michi Henning wrote: >> Typing "ubuntu more than 4096 file descriptors” into Google worked well for >> me. >> >> Michi. >> >> >>> On 15 Mar 2017, at 21:56 , Jacek Nykis <jacek.ny...@canonical.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I have a server application that hit max open files limit, which by >>> default is set to 1024. >>> >>> I'd like to bump that limit significantly but it appears that I can only >>> go as high as 4096. When I try with value 4097 I'm getting this: >>> >>> 7: ulimit: error setting limit (Operation not permitted) >>> >>> Is there a way to increase ulimit values beyond 4096? >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> Jacek >>> >>> -- >>> Snapcraft mailing list >>> Snapcraft@lists.snapcraft.io >>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/snapcraft >> >> > > > -- > Snapcraft mailing list > Snapcraft@lists.snapcraft.io > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/snapcraft -- Snapcraft mailing list Snapcraft@lists.snapcraft.io Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/snapcraft