Re: Raising maximum file descriptors

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

Paul Johnson wrote:

> On Sunday 06 August 2006 14:11, Andreas Fester wrote:
>> Paul Johnson wrote:
[...]
> baloo@ursine:~$ ulimit -n unlimited
> bash: ulimit: open files: cannot modify limit: Operation not permitted
> 
> It does succeed as root, but what I need more descriptors for need not use
> root...

try something like

$ ulimit -n 2048

65535 is far less than "unlimited" :-)

> I did that, see included /etc/security/limits.conf on my original post,

Sorry, I did not see that yesterday ;-)

Regards,

        Andreas