Re: [squid-users] file descriptor problem

hi all

ok, have turned HTML formating off on my mailer....so hopefully this
will get to the list

Muthukumar wrote:

>>For some reason i am unable to mail replies to the list..it complains of
>>my MIME version..however i can send my first mail .....strange (??)
>>
>>
>
> It is a problem with your outlook express.
> Go to Tools > options > send >
> Change the mail sending format to Plain text.
> Click the Plain text options and change to Uuencode from MIME version.
>
>
>
>>I have compiled Squid 2.5 stable 5 on a Redhat 9 server
>>Linux version 2.4.20-31.9smp (bhcompile@daffy.perf.redhat.com) (gcc
>>version 3.2.2
>>20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)) #1 SMP Tue Apr 13 17:40:10 EDT 2004
>>
>>but I get a msg saying
>>
>>
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> What is your default ulimit -HSn saying?

how do i check for the default?

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>>checking for strerror... (cached) yes
>>checking Default FD_SETSIZE value... 256
>>checking Maximum number of filedescriptors we can open... 256
>>WARNING: 256 may not be enough filedescriptors if your
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> If so stop the compilation. Change the #ulimit -Hsn XXXX
> Then configure with the modifications,can you now get the changes on FD_SETSIZE value.
> Are you configuring and compiling the squid with root permission?

did this previously but it has not made a difference. and yes, all
installs are done at root.

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>>grep FD_SETSIZE typesizes.h
>>#define __FD_SETSIZE 1024
>>define __FD_SETSIZE 157272
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> what is your /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range settings?
> why you are going for this 157272 limit ?
> It is enough to have 32768 or 32768*2 limit __FD_SETSIZE as the maximum requirement.

[root@athena2 fs]# more /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range
32768 61000

hope this helps

rgds,
hement

>
> Regards,
> Muthukumar.
>
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Received on Thu Jun 03 2004 - 07:10:01 MDT