max open files vs max sockets

[JINMEI Tatuya / 神明達哉]

At Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:06:13 -0600 (CST),
David Forrest <drf at maplepark.com> wrote:

> On startup of named 9.6.0 I get the following message:
> 
> Jan 17 11:55:20 maplepark named[13014]: max open files (1024) is smaller than max sockets (4096)
> 
> Is this a problem for a small internal network dns server?

It depends on the definition of 'a small internal network dns server',
but I'd say 'no, it's not a problem per se' unless you see run-time
warning messages like a failure of opening a socket.

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JINMEI, Tatuya
Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.