[Samba] rlimit_max errors

[CJ Keist]

This is for Linux right?  Solaris doesn't have limits.conf file.  In 
Solaris such kernel parameters are put in /etc/system file.  Just have 
to find the right kernel parameter to adjust.



On 2/21/10 3:09 PM, Miguel Medalha wrote:
>
>>> Running Samba 3.4.5 on Solaris 10 Sparc platform.  I can't seem to 
>>> get rid
>>> of the following errors:
>>>
>>> log.b104d1:rlimit_max: rlimit_max (10020) below minimum Windows limit
>>> (16384)
>>>
>>> I've tried adding "ulimit -n 16384" to the samba start scripts, but 
>>> still
>>> getting these errors.  Anyone know what I should do about this. 
>>> Could these
>>> errors cause slowness to the samba share for clients?
>>
>
> I got rid of the error by making the necessary change permanent. I 
> entered the following line in "/etc/security/limits.conf":
>
> * - nofile 16384
>
> The warning previously given by "testparm" is now gone.
>
> From "limits.conf"'s header:
>
> «Quote:
>
> - the wildcard *, for default entry
> - nofile - max number of open files
>
> End of quote»
>

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