Re: Max open files....

Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton (lkcl@regent.push.net)
Sat, 18 Apr 1998 16:49:28 +0000 (GMT)

Date:	Sat, 18 Apr 1998 16:49:28 +0000 (GMT)
From:	Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl@regent.push.net>
To:	Multiple recipients of list <samba-technical@samba.anu.edu.au>, Jeremy Allison <jallison@whistle.com>
Subject: Re: Max open files....
In-Reply-To: <3537FDBC.52BFA1D7@whistle.com>

On Sat, 18 Apr 1998, Jeremy Allison wrote:

> Sorry to rear this one's ugly head again but....
>
> I still want to parameterize MAX_OPEN_FILES and
> malloc it on startup.

'sfine by me.

> I *know* it will crash some UNIXs (who shall remain
> nameless :-) if it gets set too high.

hm... how about a default MAX_OPEN_FILES on a per-system basis, then?

is it acceptable for autoconf to try to work this out: crashing the UNIX
box, dealing with the subsequent reboot and recovery etc :-)

luke