Re: smsbox - too many files error

On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 11:34:42PM +1000, fred wrote:
>    yes I know, the smsbox process reached its file limit.........
> 
>    but why does it happen?
>    2005-09-21 09:28:08 [11736] [9] DEBUG:   Fragment: (null)
>    2005-09-21 09:28:08 [11736] [9] ERROR: Error while gw_gethostbyname
>    occurs.
>    2005-09-21 09:28:08 [11736] [9] ERROR: gethostbyname failed
>    2005-09-21 09:28:08 [11736] [9] ERROR: System error 24: Too many open
>    files
at first, take a look at lsof |grep smsbox
second, i would either add the name to /etc/hosts, or 
do that completely on an ip base, because of host resolving
is time expensive and in errorcase one more source for your
service not working.

Wilfried Goesgens