Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 16:37:42 +0100
From: Vincent Cunniffe vincent@cunniffe.net
To: ilug@linux.ie
Subject: Re: [ILUG] sysctl.conf

John P. Looney wrote:
> OK, I guess that sysctl.conf is the best way of setting
>
> /proc/sys/fs/file-max

echo 20480 > /proc/sys/fs/file-max

ta dah...

Vin

Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 16:27:28 +0100
From: "John P. Looney" valen@tuatha.org
To: ilug@linux.ie
Subject: Re: [ILUG] sysctl.conf

On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 04:24:17PM +0100, Kenn Humborg mentioned:
> man sysctl
> # sysctl -p

Ah right. Actually, sysctl -a was more helpful - shows why setting
sys.fs.files-nr didn't work..

KAte

From: "Kenn Humborg" kenn@bluetree.ie
To: ilug@linux.ie
Subject: RE: [ILUG] sysctl.conf
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 16:24:17 +0100

> OK, I guess that sysctl.conf is the best way of setting
>
> /proc/sys/fs/file-max
>
> to a nice big number. Can you make a change to /etc/sysctl.conf, and then
> have it take effect, without a reboot (to test it, really) ?

man sysctl

# sysctl -p

Later,
Kenn