Too many open files error

Steve Hsieh (steveh@eecs.umich.edu)
Thu, 11 Mar 1999 14:08:39 -0500 (EST)


Hi,

On our ftp server which is running 2.2.2-ac5, it gives the following
error:

Mar 11 12:37:40 xxx inetd[148]: accept (for ftp): Too many open files
in system

How does one increase the max allowable # of open files on a machine for
the 2.2 kernel?

Thanks.

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