BUG #2782: Too Many open files in system
The following bug has been logged online:
Bug reference: 2782
Logged by: Alaa El Gohary
Email address: alaaelgohary@bftech.com.eg
PostgreSQL version: 7.4.12
Operating system: FreeBSD 6.0
Description: Too Many open files in system
Details:
this message appears when trying to open an application
Fatal:could not open file"/usr/local/pgsql/data/global/1262":too many open
files in system
"Alaa El Gohary" <alaaelgohary@bftech.com.eg> writes:
this message appears when trying to open an application
Fatal:could not open file"/usr/local/pgsql/data/global/1262":too many open
files in system
Try reducing max_files_per_process. Your kernel is evidently promising
more than it can deliver about how many files each process can open.
regards, tom lane