general/4195: Not enough file descriptors

[Les Fenison <le...@cybcon.com>]

>Number:         4195
>Category:       general
>Synopsis:       Not enough file descriptors
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Apr  5 16:00:02 PDT 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     les@cybcon.com
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.3
>Environment:
I am running Stronghold/2.4.1 Apache/1.3.3 C2NetEU/2409 
BSDI 4.0.1
>Description:
Unable to start server if there are too many log files in the conf file.  
The error in the log file says;
[warn] (24)Too many open files: unable to open a file descriptor above 15, you may need to increase the n
umber of descriptors

I have tried using this;

EXTRA_CFLAGS=-DNO_SLACK -DFD_SETSIZE=1024

I also tried -FD_SETSIZE=1024 but gcc didn't recoginize it.

I have also put unlimit openfiles in my sh script that starts the server. 
>How-To-Repeat:
It is easy to repeat.  I can send you my httpd.conf or you should be able to
duplicate it by putting in about 80 virtual domains each with 4 log file names
specified.  Each log file being unique to that virtual domain.  That should be 
about 320 log files.
>Fix:
Not a clue.  Find a way to allow more open files.
>Audit-Trail:
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