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From: jpe@egr.duke.edu (John P. Eisenmenger)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: Increasing File Table Size in AIX 3.1 (RS/6000)
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Date: 12 Apr 91 19:17:13 GMT
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From article <1396@cameron.egr.duke.edu>, by jpe@egr.duke.edu (John P. Eisenmenger):
> How can I increase the file table size on my RS/6000?  It looks like it's
> set to 328 no matter how many users my system is allowed to have logged
> in.  This is causing me serious troubles, so direct mail is desired.  I'll
> be calling IBM in the meantime...

Hmm... According to IBM what I was looking at wasn't what I thought it was --
it turns out to be a high-water mark of how many files were open at one time.
The kernel has a limit of about 2000 open files at a time...  My troubles lie
elsewhere -- though I still don't know where...

-John