I'm running 10.4.4 on a dual g5. In response to occasional but disabling system messages like: kernel[0]: file: table is full, I'm considering
% sysctl -w kern.maxfiles=25000
which is about 2x the current value.
How safe is this? Alternate solutions?
Thanks in advance.
Fil Salustri
Wow. http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200006/answerman.html is very interesting.
So, how reliable is using sysctl to set kern.maxfiles?
I mean, in the old days when I was a sysadmin, changing a running kernel like that was a wet dream.
Thanks again.
I'm running 10.4.4 on a dual G5. The machine has been happy since October. About 6 days ago, I started getting hundreds of error messages per the subject above. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to diagnose this.
The only 'professional' advice I've received so far is "the OS is...