I think he has a file descriptor leak with innd.  While you're tuning
maxopenfiles, which is a global number, not a per-process one, recheck your
inn configuration to make sure you have all of the right semantics set for
processing the in.nnrpd readers.
-Brian

On Apr 3, 12:19pm, David Brownlee wrote:
} Subject: Re: more file descriptors
} 	Have you tried
} 
} 		sysctl -w kern.maxfiles=5000
} 
} 	(or other preferred number - run 'sysctl kern.maxfiles' first :)
} 
} 	Or is it a per user limit?
} 
} 		David/absolute
} 
} 	-- Just adding to the wrinkles on his deathly frown... --
} 
} On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, Tom T. Thai wrote:
} 
} > My news machine (1.3) is running out of file descriptors.. I've upped
} > NMBCLUSTERS=4096 and set max users at 200, but inn still says it has too
} > many open files, and goes into throttle.  This happens after the news
} > machine is rebooted and running for a few hours.
} > 
} > 
} > ..............          ....................................
} > Thomas T. Thai          Infomedia Interactive Communications
} > tom@iic.net             TEL 612.376.9090 * FAX 612.376.9087
} > 
} > 
} 
>-- End of excerpt from David Brownlee