I used this how to, and did not require a re-compile
http://paulgoscicki.com/archives/2007/01/squid-warning-your-cache-is-running-out-of-filedescriptors/
cheers
Ivan
On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Mellem, Dan <Dan.Mellem_at_pomona.k12.ca.us> wrote:
>
> Did you set the limit before you compiled it? The upper limit is set at compile time. I ran into this problem myself.
>
> -Dan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Superted666 [mailto:ruckafella_at_gmail.com]
> Sent: Mon 7/5/2010 3:33 PM
> To: squid-users_at_squid-cache.org
> Cc:
> Subject: [squid-users] File Descriptors
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Got a odd problem with file descriptors im hoping you guys could help me out
> with?
>
> Background
>
> I'm running CentOS 5.5 and squid 3.0 Stable 5.
> The system is configured with 4096 file descriptors with the following :
>
> /etc/security/limits.conf
> * - nofile 4096
> /etc/sysctl.conf
> fs.file-max = 4096
>
> Also /etc/init.d/squid has ulimit -HSn 4096 at the start.
>
> Problem
>
> Running a ulimit -n on the box does indeed show 4096 connectors but squid
> states it is using 1024 despite what is said above. I noticed this because
> im starting to get warnings in the logs about file descriptors...
>
> Any help greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ed
>
> Ed
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