Increase nofiles descriptors

[Youlette Etienne_2]

Hello,

What kernel parameter do I change to increase the ulimit for the following:

nofiles(descriptors) 60

[Pete Randall · Accepted solution]

Try maxfiles.


Pete

[RAC_1]

You need to check following.
maxfiles - soft limit for no. of file that a process can have open
maxfiles_lim - hard limit
nfile - system wide open files limit

Anil

[Sandman!]

"maxfiles" is the soft limit for the number of file descriptors a process can have open. "maxfiles_lim" is the hard limit for the number of file descriptors a process can have open. You can adjust the limits up or down but no higher than the hard limit w/o rebuilding the kernel with an increased maxfiles_lim.

# kmtune -a maxfiles

# kmtune -q maxfiles_lim

view the no. of file descriptors (nofiles).

# ulimit -a

to change nofiles in current session use:

# ulimit -n

hope this helps!

[Youlette Etienne_2]

changed maxfiles. Thanks!