Re: smsbox - too many files error

All machines are on local LAN, 192.168...... subnet, and defined in the
/etc/hosts file

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wilfried Goesgens" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: smsbox - too many files error -#- MailID:PAAA


> 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
>