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| author | Roger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org> | 2005-09-13 22:00:03 +0000 |
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| committer | Roger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org> | 2005-09-13 22:00:03 +0000 |
| commit | 41bdb5e9f891cb966c0be4993af516a1cb314eea (patch) | |
| tree | ee0d05f9c1d4b17359d27f976638d1e3d65fc7e6 /doc/tor-doc-server.html | |
| parent | 85855999658c8c60d00b1c198421233b9c87e8da (diff) | |
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clean up the server docs for ulimit -n
svn:r5036
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diff --git a/doc/tor-doc-server.html b/doc/tor-doc-server.html index 2d6fbdb1c..fc0a5adfc 100644 --- a/doc/tor-doc-server.html +++ b/doc/tor-doc-server.html @@ -268,12 +268,15 @@ into a chroot jail</a>.) </p> <p> -11. (Unix only.) Your operating system probably limits the number of open -file descriptors per process to 1024 (or even less). If you plan to be -running a fast exit node, this is probably not enough. You should run -"ulimit -n 8192" (as root) and then su to the user that will run Tor, -or change your defaults (on Debian, add a line like "toruser hard nofile -8192" to your /etc/security/limits.conf file). +11. (Unix only.) Your operating system probably limits the number +of open file descriptors per process to 1024 (or even less). If +you plan to be running a fast exit node, this is probably not +enough. On Linux, you should add a line like "toruser hard nofile +8192" to your /etc/security/limits.conf file, where toruser is +the user that runs the Tor process. If that doesn't work, see <a +href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#FileDescriptors">this +FAQ entry</a> for other suggested ways to run "ulimit -n 8192" before +you launch Tor. </p> <p> |