Hi Robert, I'm not so sure under Linux ('cos I haven't done it yet!), but under other flavours of unix, there is a kernal parameter called something like "nfiles" which will limit the number od files open at system level (not user level if you need them to be used by the db daemons). Once you have increased this parameter, you will need to recompile your kernal & reboot. HTH, Mike.

---------- From: Robert Goley[SMTP:rag@rdasys.com] Sent: 29 December 1998 04:55 To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: [SuSE Linux] Limit to the maximum number of files that can be opened?

I am having trouble with an application that we recently ported to suse linux. We are getting errors when running reports that open more that 24-28 database files. We are using Faircom Ctree local database. It does not seem to be a database problem but a file limit problem. Is there a way to specify the maximum number of files that can be opened at a system or user level. We use other unix flavors also that we have had to do this to but I am at a loss as for where to start in linux(having already checked the kernel and yast and other files in the /etc dir). Any suggestions?

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