dovecot - May 2015 - How do I fix this: master: Warning: fd limit (ulimit -n) is lower than required

I get this when I reload dovecot after any changes. How can I fix it? I can?t
find any reference to it anywhere.


master: Warning: fd limit (ulimit -n) is lower than required under max. load
(256 < 1000), because of default_client_limit

thanks
Robert

On 2015-05-16 10:10:08 +0100, Robert Chalmers wrote:
> I get this when I reload dovecot after any changes. How can I fix it? I
can?t find any reference to it anywhere.
> 
> 
> master: Warning: fd limit (ulimit -n) is lower than required under max.
load (256 < 1000), because of default_client_limit
Increase the ulimit before starting dovecot. the how depends on your
distro.

    darix

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That's my next question. 'The how'
I'm on OSX 10.10.3, latest Dovecot.  I need to either increase limit -n
globally, or for Dovect at boot time.
ulimit -n 4096 for example.

I can set it in /etc/profile, but that seems like it my be a brute force method?

Robert


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> On 16 May 2015, at 12:31 pm, Marcus Rueckert <darix at opensu.se>
wrote:
> 
>> On 2015-05-16 10:10:08 +0100, Robert Chalmers wrote:
>> I get this when I reload dovecot after any changes. How can I fix it? I
can?t find any reference to it anywhere.
>> 
>> 
>> master: Warning: fd limit (ulimit -n) is lower than required under max.
load (256 < 1000), because of default_client_limit
> 
> Increase the ulimit before starting dovecot. the how depends on your
> distro.
> 
>    darix
> 
> -- 
>           openSUSE - SUSE Linux is my linux
>               openSUSE is good for you
>                   www.opensuse.org

On May 16, 2015, at 4:10 AM, Robert Chalmers wrote:
> I get this when I reload dovecot after any changes. How can I fix it? I
can?t find any reference to it anywhere.
> 
> 
> master: Warning: fd limit (ulimit -n) is lower than required under max.
load (256 < 1000), because of default_client_limit
> 
> thanks
> Robert
It may be easier for you to just adjust it in:

dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf
default_client_limit = 500 (to start with, you may need to adjust further)

Yes,tried a range from 100 to 1000, but the warning still happens, with varying
outputs saying its either over or under. I'm looung for a way to set the
limit when dovecot starts, or as part of the startup process actually.


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> On 16 May 2015, at 1:54 pm, Edgar Pettijohn III <edgar at
pettijohn-web.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On May 16, 2015, at 4:10 AM, Robert Chalmers wrote:
>> 
>> I get this when I reload dovecot after any changes. How can I fix it? I
can?t find any reference to it anywhere.
>> 
>> 
>> master: Warning: fd limit (ulimit -n) is lower than required under max.
load (256 < 1000), because of default_client_limit
>> 
>> thanks
>> Robert
> 
> It may be easier for you to just adjust it in:
> 
> dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf
> default_client_limit = 500 (to start with, you may need to adjust further)