Re: os-solaris/2609: exits with "Too many open files; unable to open a file descriptor above 15"

[Jon Pyle <Jo...@CapitalRadio.co.uk>]

The following reply was made to PR os-solaris/2609; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jon Pyle <Jo...@CapitalRadio.co.uk>
To: Marc Slemko <ma...@znep.com>
Cc: apbugs@hyperreal.org
Subject: Re: os-solaris/2609: exits with "Too many open files; unable
  to open a file descriptor above 15"
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 13:25:49 +0100

 >How many total logfiles is it trying to open?  How many error logs?  How
 >many access logs?
 >
 37 of each. Works fine with apache 1.2.6.
 
 >How many "Listen" directives do you have in your config file?
 >
 None.
 
 >What does a "ulimit -n" show before you start Apache?
 >
 Unlimited for root, 4194303 for webmaster.
 
 >Did you compile your previous server with any special flags to make it
 >work?
 >
 Nope, ran fine straight away.
 
 >What is the _exact_ error that you get?
 >
 [DATE BLURB] [warn] (24)Too many open files: unable to open file descriptor
 above 15, you may need to increase the number of file descriptors
 [DATE BLURB] [error] (24)Too many open files: httpd: could not open
 transfer log file <path to first log file in config>  
 
 >> >Fix:
 >> Have looked at the source but cannot pinpoint the cause, is somewhere in
 the 
 >> code underlying "ap_open_piped_log()" I think.
 >
 >Are you using piped logs?
 > 
 Nah, am on a red herring there then.
 
 It seems that this is not a unique problem, Joe Kupiszewski
 <jo...@packet.net> has reported the same problem in bug report 2430, again on
 solaris 2.5.1, and again running quite a few virtual hosts.
 
 Have tried all of the fixes suggested in his bug article too, but without
 success.
 
 
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