Re: Question regarding limit on the number of sockets?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 14 Dec 2001 18:50:19 +0000 (GMT)


> 1. Is this a per process limit, a per user limit, or a system wide
> limit?

per process 1024 filehandles

> 2. Does this limit apply to both the 2.2.x and 2.4.x kernels?

Yes

> 3. Is this limit tunable (either by patching the kernel or otherwise)?

Tunable in 2.4
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