Re: [Dovecot] Another "Too many files open" post

Remy Zandwijk wrote:

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I'm running Solaris 9 Sparc with Dovecot alpha 5 and using maildir format.. I noticed in the log file the following error:

We used to have this problem when we started using 1.0-stable. In the startup script, I issue the plimit command:

Why not use a "unlimit" command instead, i.e.:

'start') if [ -x $EXEC -a -f $CONF ]; then echo "Starting Dovecot..." # We need mo' files ulimit -n 8192 $EXEC -c $CONF else echo "Starting Dovecot failed." fi ;;

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I bumped into this too, with a limit of 64 (Solaris 7). Raising it, using aforementioned method, to 1024 solved the problem for me. Alpha5 is running smoothly, with outstanding performance.