[Samba] samba.2.2.7a clearcase solaris 8 "Too many open files"

[Joseph Loo]

IHave you check the ulimit account settings for the account samba is 
running under? If you type ulimit, it shows the ulimit settings.  This 
is just a guess.


Schreiber Martin wrote:

>Hello,
>
>We ran a big mixed win2k unix environment. We use latest samba-version
>(2.2.7a) and clearcase v2002 (latest version). Our vob and view servers are
>sol 8 boxes , clients ran win2k.
>
>Since a week or 2 i can see the following error or warning messages in the
>logs:
>
>##################################################################
>Unable to open new log file /usr/local/samba/log.leipzig2: Too many open
>files
>##################################################################
>
>I tuned the filedescriptor settings in /etc/system to
>
>set rlim_fd_max=8192
>set rlim_fd_cur=4096
>
>and the samba "max open" settings to 	max open files = 16384	, but that
>settings seam to be useless , no affect.
>
>In the clearcase logs no errors or warnings are indicated , now my question
>, may i forget it , or is that a serious behaviour.
>
>
>kind regards			martin schreiber
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Joseph Loo
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