[Dovecot] 1.0alpha1: too many open files

[Marc Perkel]

I found this:

    echo "4096" > /proc/sys/kernel/file-max

First cat /proc/sys/kernel/file-max to see what it's set to.



Jeff A. Earickson wrote:

> Help...
>
> Dovecot 1.0alpha1 hung up today with nothing working and
> the following spewing to my syslog:
>
> pipe() failed: Too many open files
>
> My setup: Solaris 9, just using imap, mbox format.  The various "max" 
> settings in dovecot.conf use the defaults. Suggestions on what to 
> change in fovecot.conf to keep this from happening?
>
> Jeff Earickson
> Colby College
>

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