Bind bind-9.3.6-16.P1.el5_7.1 - socket.c:4373: unexpected error

[Niall O'Reilly]

On 27 Feb 2012, at 13:18, Rafał Radecki wrote:

> Feb 27 13:44:13 dns1 named[21599]: isc_socket_create: fcntl/reserved:
> Too many open files

	It's likely that this isn't specific to BIND, but a consequence
	of the (combination of) load(s) on your system.

	Results from Googling for "Too many open files" shows the problem
	occurring in the context of any of a variety od applications.
	You may find this URL helpful:

http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF29/Fix+'Too+many+open+files'+error+on+Linux+by+increasing+filehandles

	/Niall