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

[Edgar Pettijohn III]

On May 16, 2015, at 8:22 AM, Robert Chalmers wrote:

> 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
>>> 
>>> 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)


look at man pages:

launchctl(1)
launchd(8)
launchd.conf(5)