Firewalls: Re: fwd: fwdom: Failed to create pipe: Too many open files

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Subject:	Re: fwd: fwdom: Failed to create pipe: Too many open files
From:	colinj @ parc . anglia . ac . uk (Colin Johnston)
Date:	Fri, 14 Feb 1997 12:01:26 GMT
To:	etxrosd @ nmac . ericsson . se
Cc:	colinj @ parc . anglia . ac . uk, firewalls @ greatcircle . com

Hi,

in response to
> fwd: fwdom: Failed to create pipe: Too many open files
> fwd: fwdom: Failed to create pipe: Too many open files
> fwd: fwdom: Failed to create pipe: Too many open files

put this line below in a startup script.

ulimit -n 1024

This gives more file descriptors to the OS

This solved the problem for us when we configured 200 virtual interfaces.

please email me if this did not fix the problem.

Colin
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Anglia Polytechnic University
Chelmsford
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Tel 01245 493131 ext 3413
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