> Hello all,
>
> Do I really have to patch source and recompile a 2.4 kernel to modify the
> maximum number of open files?
>
> Why is there such a hardcoded limit anyway?
>
No need to patch. Check out the entry in /proc/sys/fs/file-max
$ cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max
To change the value:
echo XXXXX > /proc/sys/fs/file-max
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