Re: [squid-users] WARNING! Your cache is running out of filedescriptors (on RH 9.0 Squid2.5.Stable5)

From: Awie <awie@dont-contact.us>
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 22:12:20 +0800

> > Where should I put the command "ulimit -SHn 2048"? In rc.local or
> > /root/.bashrc?
>
> Somewhere before where Squid is started, ensuring that the new ulimit is
> active when Squid is started.
>
> In addition you need this setting before you compile Squid.
>
> /root/.bashrc is not such place. This only changes the ulimit on
> interactive login as root.
>
> I usually place this in the boot script that starts Squid, just before
> Squid is started.
>
> In addition I change the hard limit for all interactive users in
> /etc/security/limits.conf but leaving the soft limit at its default,
> allowing all users raise their limit at any time.
>
> It is not wise to change the system wide soft limit. Most if not all
> applications assumes the limit <= 1024.
>
> > I tried to put in rc.local, but my RH9 could not boot with the such
setting
> > and still display 1024 of open file when I typed ulimit -a. But
cache.log
> > reported there is 2048 of file descriptors.
>
> This is ok.
>
> > If I put in /root/.bashrc, the RH9 recognize open file 2048 but
cache.log
> > reported only 1024 of file descriptors.
>
> This is not.
>
> Regards
> Henrik

Thank you very much Henrik !

Thx & Rgds,

Awie
Received on Sat Mar 13 2004 - 07:10:41 MST

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