How do I fix this: master: Warning: fd limit (ulimit -n) is lower than required

Sat May 16 12:54:51 UTC 2015

On May 16, 2015, at 4:10 AM, Robert Chalmers wrote:

> I get this when I reload dovecot after any changes. How can I fix it? I can’t find any reference to it anywhere.
> 
> 
> master: Warning: fd limit (ulimit -n) is lower than required under max. load (256 < 1000), because of default_client_limit
> 
> thanks
> Robert

It may be easier for you to just adjust it in:

dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf
default_client_limit = 500 (to start with, you may need to adjust further)