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faq:nix [2022/05/07 20:43] – [Maximum Open Files] Reformatted using nelgin's better instructions. Andrefaq:nix [2023/02/08 23:50] (current) – [Maximum Open Files] Replace pgrep with pidof digital man
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 **Question:**\\ **Question:**\\
 Why am I seeing ''ERROR 24 (Too many open files)'' failures in my error log? Why am I seeing ''ERROR 24 (Too many open files)'' failures in my error log?
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 +**Answer:**\\
 +Versions of Synchronet prior to v3.19c contained a bug with the JavaScript //User// class that could cause a leak of open file descriptors (concurrent opens of the ''[[dir:data]]/user.dat'' file that were never closed). This bug, combined with a long-running //webv4// ''events.ssjs'' issue that could cause a lot of instances of the //User// class to linger in the JavaScript heap (since fixed with a call to ''js.gc()''), could cause "Too many open files" errors to occur.
  
 **Answer:**\\ **Answer:**\\
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 **Checking current open file limits**\\ **Checking current open file limits**\\
-The most reliable way to determine your open file limit is to login to your BBS as a sysop, run the '';SHELL'' [[module:str_cmds|string command]], and at the Linux command line use the commands below. The hard limit is the systemwide limit, and the soft limit is one that a user can raise (up to the hard limit).+The most reliable way to determine your open file limit is to login to your BBS as a sysop, run the '';SHELL'' [[module:str_cmds|string command]], and at the OS command line, issue the commands below. The hard limit is the systemwide limit, and the soft limit is one that a user can raise (up to the hard limit). 
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 +To view the soft limit: ''ulimit -Sn''\\ 
 +To view the hard limit: ''ulimit -Hn''
  
-Soft limit: ''ulimit -Sn''\\ +Another method that works on Linux is to search for line beginning with "Max open files" in the file ''/proc/$(pidof sbbs)/limits'': 
-Hard limit: ''ulimit -Hn''+  $ sudo grep "Max open files" /proc/$(pidof sbbs)/limits 
 +  Max open files            10000                10000                files     
  
 **If you start Synchronet with systemd**\\ **If you start Synchronet with systemd**\\
-If you're using [[howto:systemd|systemd]] to start sbbs, edit your service file (usually sbbs.service) by adding the following line in the ''[Service]'' section:+If you're using [[howto:systemd|systemd]] to start sbbs, edit your service file (usually ''sbbs.service'') by adding the following line in the ''[Service]'' section:
  
 <file sbbs.service> <file sbbs.service>

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