From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 14 Dec 2001 12:41:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 14 Dec 2001 12:41:10 -0500 Received: from outbound.ea.com ([12.35.91.3]:35745 "EHLO outbound.ea.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 14 Dec 2001 12:41:00 -0500 Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 17:40:38 UTC From: Thomas Schenk Reply-To: tschenk@origin.ea.com Subject: Question regarding limit on the number of sockets? To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: Organization: EA.com Austin X-Mailer: INSIGHT 2.6 [en_US] Linux 2.4.16 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Accept-Language: en_US Sensitivity: Public-Document MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I apologize if this is a FAQ, but I have not been able to find the answer to a question that was asked of me. According to the person who asked, there is a limit on the number of sockets that can be open at a given time. The person stated that this limit was 1024. My questions are: 1. Is this a per process limit, a per user limit, or a system wide limit? 2. Does this limit apply to both the 2.2.x and 2.4.x kernels? 3. Is this limit tunable (either by patching the kernel or otherwise)? I wouldn't bother asking here, but I need an answer quickly for my boss and thus far, my searching has not turned up the answer. Thanks in advance for any help that you can provide me. Tom Schenk Online Operations EA.COM +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ | Tom Schenk | A positive attitude may not solve all your | | Online Ops, EA.COM | problems, but it will annoy enough people to | | tschenk@origin.ea.com | make it worth the effort. -- Herm Albright | +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+