samba - Mar 2000 - Samba question - Out of File Structures

I could do with some help.

We're creating a large number of files from from NT Workstation.
After a while (I think it's 1014 files but it may be 2027), the SAMBA log
reports "Out
of file structure" errors. Below is a cut down version of the log
file. The 1014 number is significant as it appears in the SAMBA log when
SAMBA starts.
I'm guessing it's a Solaris OS limit. I'd like to increase the 1014
number
to see if that makes any
difference but I don't know how.

This error is mentioned in the list procs archive as "fixed" in 2.0.5.
Has it crept into 2.0.6? I can't see a binary distribution for 2.0.5

It's NT workstation 4 SP4. The server is SAMBA 2.0.6 (binary distribution)
on Solaris 7.

Apologies if I'm being a clutz. (The programmer assures me he is closing
files!)

Thanks in advance

----- log.smb -----

[2000/03/08 11:01:34, 1] smbd/server.c:main(643)
  smbd version 2.0.6 started.
  Copyright Andrew Tridgell 1992-1998
[2000/03/08 11:01:34, 1] smbd/files.c:file_init(216)
  file_init: Information only: requested 10000 open files, 1014 are
available.
[2000/03/08 11:01:34, 0] smbd/server.c:main(702)
  standard input is not a socket, assuming -D option
[2000/03/09 15:57:36, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection(535)
  ediae01653 (147.114.183.32) connect to service charts as user macdougd
(uid=1003, gid=101) (pid 3061)


[2000/03/09 19:37:11, 0] smbd/files.c:file_new(85)
  ERROR! Out of file structures
[2000/03/09 19:37:11, 0] smbd/files.c:file_new(85)
  ERROR! Out of file structures
[2000/03/09 19:37:30, 0] smbd/files.c:file_new(85)
  ERROR! Out of file structures
[2000/03/09 19:37:30, 0] smbd/files.c:file_new(85)
  ERROR! Out of file structures
[2000/03/09 19:37:55, 0] smbd/files.c:file_new(85)
  ERROR! Out of file structures
[2000/03/09 19:37:55, 0] smbd/files.c:file_new(85)
  ERROR! Out of file structures

Ross Kennedy
Tech Support
Edinburgh
44 131 243 4401






alisonk@epcc.ed.ac.uk on 13/03/2000 09:22:09

To:   ross.kennedy@db.com
cc:
Subject:  Samba question ?




Hi Ross

What was your Samba question ? I'll try to get an answer but doubt that
anyone here has used it for anything taxing.

Alison

ross.kennedy@db.com wrote:
> 
>  I could do with some help.
> 
> We're creating a large number of files from from NT Workstation.
> After a while (I think it's 1014 files but it may be 2027), the SAMBA
log
> reports "Out
> of file structure" errors. Below is a cut down version of the log
> file. The 1014 number is significant as it appears in the SAMBA log when
> SAMBA starts.
> I'm guessing it's a Solaris OS limit. I'd like to increase the
1014 number
> to see if that makes any
> difference but I don't know how.
> 
> This error is mentioned in the list procs archive as "fixed" in
2.0.5.
> Has it crept into 2.0.6? I can't see a binary distribution for 2.0.5
This is a different bug than the one fixed in 2.0.5. 
This is not a bug but an OS limitation. You need to set
the number of available file descriptors per process higher
than 1024 (the default).

Do a 'man limits' on Solaris to see how (I think this
is the command to use:-).

Regards,

	Jeremy Allison,
	Samba Team.

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William R. Knox wrote:
| Ross,
| For Solaris, put the line
| set rlim_fd_max=2048

	I'd only do that on programs which do not use stdio.
	Ie, not on Samba.  [ 1024 is the limit for select: 
	you need to call a different function to use more 
	than 1024 descriptors. ]

	I don't recollect the question, and can't find it in
	the archive... what went wrong?

--dave
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