On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 10:55:23AM +0100, Martijn van Duren wrote:
> On 11/16/18 10:24 AM, Mik J wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Does anyone know how to change these values ?
> >
> > # sysctl kern.nprocs=52
> > sysctl: kern.nprocs: Operation not permitted
> > # sysctl kern.nfiles=575
> > sysctl: kern.nfiles: Operation not permitted
> >
> > Regards
> >
> See sysctl(2):
> Second level name Type Changeable
> ..
> KERN_NFILES integer no
> ..
> KERN_NPROCS integer no
> ..
> KERN_NFILES (kern.nfiles)
> Number of open files.
> ..
> KERN_NPROCS (kern.nprocs)
> The number of entries in the kernel process table.
>
> If you want to change the maximum number of open files/processes take a
> look at ksh(1) ulimit or csh(1) limit and login.conf(5).
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> martijn@
There are also kern.maxfiles and kern.maxproc for system wide limits.
But in most cases,these values do not need to be changed.
-Otto
