too many open files

Hello list,

Although the subject suggests a fairly know issue, i cannot seem to 
understand the cause.

Log file presents

Apr 22 12:57:36 proxyldap1 slapd[1511]: warning: cannot open 
/etc/hosts.allow: Too many open files
Apr 22 12:57:36 proxyldap1 slapd[1511]: warning: cannot open 
/etc/hosts.deny: Too many open files

, but

proxyldap1:~# cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max
100000
proxyldap1:~# cat /proc/sys/fs/file-nr
1088    0    100000
proxyldap1:~# lsof -p `pidof slapd`| wc -l
460
proxyldap1:~# su -c "ulimit -n" openldap
8192

slapd is version 2.4.17-2 (Debian Unstable) and is running on a xen vm, 
using 64bit kernel 2.6.26-2-xen-amd64 in a Debian Lenny system.

Have i overlooked any aspect?

Thank you in advance,

Hugo Monteiro.

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