Re: Please help

On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Tom Lane wrote:

> Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 12:52:10 -0400
> From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
> To: ohp(at)pyrenet(dot)fr
> Cc: pgsql-hackers list <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Please help
>
> Olivier PRENANT <ohp(at)pyrenet(dot)fr> writes:
> > pyrenet=# VACUUM ANALYZE ;
> > FATAL 2: could not open transaction-commit log directory (/usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_clog): Too many open files
>
> Hmm. Do you have any idea what sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX) returns on your
> platform? You could try reducing the max_files_per_process parameter.
The point is, it occurs today for the very first time!
Question: does (with 7.2) augmenting max_connection suffice, or do I have
to recompile?

That's the only thing that comes to my mind! I changed max_coneections
(and related parameters) in postgresql.conf only...

I say that, because I tried to change socket_directory in postgresql.conf
and clients didn't work anymore
>
> regards, tom lane
>

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