Re: File Descriptors

You also have to run the ulimit command prior to starting Squid...

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Henrik Nordstrom
Squid hacker
Jimmy Stewpot wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> I have recently built a squid proxy server, and i increased the file descriptors to 8192 and did the ulimit -HSn 8192 before i did the ./configure with aysnc-io and enable snmp.
> in the configure diaglog it said that the maximum number of file descriptors was 8192, although when i go into cachemgr.cgi it says something like this
> File descriptor usage for squid:
> 
> File descriptor usage for squid:
>        Maximum number of file descriptors:   1024
> Available number of file descriptors:  998
>         Reserved number of file descriptors:   100
>         Store Disk files open:                   0
> 
> Does anyone have any idea, on what could cause that, as this system is now currently running very low on FDs.
> thankyou in advance.
> Jimmy Stewpot