Re: Raising maximum file descriptors

[Andreas Fester <Andreas.Fester@gmx.de>]

Paul Johnson wrote:
> I'm stuck really badly on this...  even though my
> /etc/security/limits.conf has the necessary lines that should allow me to
> change my ulimit, I still can't do it.
> 
> baloo@ursine:~$ ulimit -n 4096
> bash: ulimit: open files: cannot modify limit: Operation not permitted
> baloo@ursine:~$ ulimit -Sn
> 1024
> baloo@ursine:~$ ulimit -Hn
> 1024
> 
> What am I doing wrong or failing to check?

you need to increase the session limits. 

Add something like this to /etc/security/limits.conf:

*       soft    nofile  1024
*       hard    nofile  65535

See also, for example

http://www.xenoclast.org/doc/benchmark/HTTP-benchmarking-HOWTO/node7.html

Regards,

        Andreas

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