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From: chris@GYRE.UMD.EDU (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re:  TCP socket question under SunOS 3.4.
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Date: 7 Apr 88 03:13:45 GMT
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If the server attempts an accept() call which returns with
an EMFILE (`too many open files') error, the pending connection
should NOT be established.  I.e., that it is is a bug.

4.3BSD does not have this bug (see /sys/sys/uipc_syscalls.c$accept(),
around line 137).

Chris