How to Set ulimit (to Increase the Number of File Descriptors) for Only the Oracle iPlanet Web Server to Avoid (PR_PROC_DESC_TABLE_FULL_ERROR: file descriptor table full) errors (Doc ID 1009250.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 30, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle iPlanet Web Proxy Server - Version 4.0 and later
Oracle iPlanet Web Server - Version 6.1 to 7.0 [Release 6.1 to 7.0]
Oracle Solaris on x86-64 (64-bit)
Oracle Solaris on SPARC (32-bit)
Oracle Solaris on x86 (32-bit)
Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-bit)
Linux x86-64
Linux x86

Goal

How to set, or increase, the maximum allowed file descriptors (FDs) for only the Web Server process, without affecting other processes in the system.

You will need to increase the FDs for the Web Server process if you see the following error in the Web Server's errors log:

Solution

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How to Set ulimit (to Increase the Number of File Descriptors) for Only the Oracle iPlanet Web Server to Avoid (PR_PROC_DESC_TABLE_FULL_ERROR: file descriptor table full) errors (Doc ID 1009250.1)

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