Re: syslogd: ... : Too many open files

["James K. Lowden" <jklowden%schemamania.org@localhost>]

Jason Mitchell wrote:
> Since ulimit doesn't have a man page, would 
> you mind explaining what the -n switch does? 

I think you want

        $ man sh

ulimit is a shell built-in.  

HTH.  

--jkl

...
> >>     
> > It's probably a ulimit issue for syslogd. Try putting
> >
> >     ulimit -n 256
>
> in /etc/rc.conf.d/syslogd and restart it.