Re: running out of filedescriptors

Thilo Manske wrote:

> But you will have to tell your squid that there are now more available,
> see "max_open_disk_fds" in squid.conf (version 2.1(?!) or higher)
> (leave some spare for the system, eg <number>-200), if you don't want to
> reconfigure+compile squid.

That option is only for limiting how many disk files Squid has open to
avoid to heavy disk usage. To change Squids idea on what the upper limit
of the system is a make full recompile is needed after changing the OS
limit (make clean;configure;make install).

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Henrik Nordstrom
Spare time Squid hacker