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

[Robert Chalmers]

Yes,tried a range from 100 to 1000, but the warning still happens, with varying outputs saying its either over or under. I'm looung for a way to set the limit when dovecot starts, or as part of the startup process actually.


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> On 16 May 2015, at 1:54 pm, Edgar Pettijohn III <edgar at pettijohn-web.com> wrote:
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>> On May 16, 2015, at 4:10 AM, Robert Chalmers wrote:
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>> I get this when I reload dovecot after any changes. How can I fix it? I can’t find any reference to it anywhere.
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>> master: Warning: fd limit (ulimit -n) is lower than required under max. load (256 < 1000), because of default_client_limit
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>> thanks
>> Robert
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> It may be easier for you to just adjust it in:
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> dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf
> default_client_limit = 500 (to start with, you may need to adjust further)