Rolf Lüttecke <rluettecke@gcd.de> writes:
> is anyone able to explain the following error-message extracted from
> the "server.log"?
> -- ERROR: AllocateFile: too many private FDs demanded
Do you use password verification for any of your clients?
There is a file descriptor leak in the 6.5.* postmaster that is
triggered when an invalid user name is presented to the password
check routine. Add a FreeFile() call to the bottom of the check
routine, like this:
*** src/backend/libpq/password.c.orig Tue May 25 12:09:00 1999
--- src/backend/libpq/password.c Wed Dec 1 10:30:46 1999
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*** 90,95 ****
--- 90,97 ---- return STATUS_ERROR; } }
+
+ FreeFile(pw_file); snprintf(PQerrormsg, ERROR_MSG_LENGTH, "verify_password: user '%s' not found
inpassword file.\n",
This is fixed in current sources and will be fixed in 6.5.4, if
there is another 6.5.* release...
If you *don't* use this style of authentication then we need to
look harder :-(
regards, tom lane
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