tlaronde@polynum.com wrote:

> Are you using Samba? Because IIUC the error is reported while Samba is
> trying to get the maximum number available, increasing the number
> requested until it fails. If this is indeed the case, increasing the
> sysctl value will not "solve" the problem---there is no problem indeed,
> just a behavior that is really annoying, filling dmesg buffer.

Not on this machine, it's running sendmail, apache, bind, mailman, 
plone/zope and a few misc bits & pieces, but not samba.