INN FAQ Bad file number writing history file -- throttling

INN FAQ Part 5

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Subject: (5.2) Bad file number writing history file -- throttling
The system ulimit was set restrict files from growing beyond a certain size and the history file was to large for the limit. Check the ulimit setting for the news user. The ulimit should be set to infinite. You need to figure out how to set this for user "news" no matter if the user logged in, is running from cron, or was run at boot up. ------------------------------ [Source: INN FAQ Part 5 Archive-name: usenet/software/inn-faq/part5] [Last Changed: $Date: 1997/09/16 01:25:56 $ $Revision: 2.25 $] [Copyright: 1997 Heiko Rupp, portions by Tom Limoncelli, Rich Salz, et al.]

Subject: (5.2) Bad file number writing history file -- throttling

The system ulimit was set restrict files from growing beyond a certain
size and the history file was to large for the limit. Check the ulimit
setting for the news user.

The ulimit should be set to infinite. You need to figure out how to
set this for user "news" no matter if the user logged in, is running
from cron, or was run at boot up.

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[Source: INN FAQ Part 5 Archive-name: usenet/software/inn-faq/part5]
[Last Changed: $Date: 1997/09/16 01:25:56 $ $Revision: 2.25 $]
[Copyright: 1997 Heiko Rupp, portions by Tom Limoncelli, Rich Salz, et al.]