> Feb 20 22:14:50 atlas inetd[226]: accept (for ftp): Too many open files
> Feb 20 22:15:20 atlas last message repeated 104425 times
> Feb 20 22:17:21 atlas last message repeated 412971 times
> Feb 20 22:27:22 atlas last message repeated 1965086 times
> Feb 20 22:37:22 atlas last message repeated 1992983 times
> Feb 20 22:47:22 atlas last message repeated 1625536 times
> Feb 20 22:57:22 atlas last message repeated 2073442 times
> 
> [snip...]
> 
> Feb 21 05:55:40 atlas inetd[226]: accept (for telnet): Too many open
> files
> Feb 21 05:55:40 atlas inetd[226]: accept (for ftp): Too many open files
> Feb 21 05:55:40 atlas inetd[226]: accept (for telnet): Too many open
> files
> Feb 21 05:55:40 atlas inetd[226]: accept (for ftp): Too many open files
> Feb 21 05:55:40 atlas inetd[226]: accept (for telnet): Too many open
> files
> Feb 21 05:55:40 atlas inetd[226]: accept (for ftp): Too many open files
> 

Use ulimit -S -n to raise per-process limit of file descriptors before
starting inetd. 
You can use "fstat -p" and "netstat -P" to discover what is consuming
all those file descriptors if the condition appears again.

-- 
Zdenek Salvet                                              salvet@ics.muni.cz 
Ustav vypocetni techniky Masarykovy univerzity, Brno
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