On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, diffs@vsnl.com wrote:
>6184 p2 R 0:00 /usr/local/bin/postgres localhost postgres adcept SELECT
>20964 p6 S 0:00 su - postgres
>23112 p4 S 0:00 su - postgres
>27664 p2 R 0:03 /usr/local/bin/postmaster -i
>
>bash: /bin/ps: Too many open files in system
I was getting this recently on a production server, I solved it by increasing
the number of file descriptors per process in the kernel. Do a ulimit -a to see
what your limits are.
Lincoln
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Lincoln Spiteri
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e-mail: lincoln.spiteri@st.com
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