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| author | Roger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org> | 2005-09-13 22:10:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Roger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org> | 2005-09-13 22:10:20 +0000 |
| commit | ed748efd83b6455dadedf9f7aef87872b821a3be (patch) | |
| tree | 5673a7a8d1f294378b48f3e32504039a7c8b810b /doc/tor-doc-server.html | |
| parent | 41bdb5e9f891cb966c0be4993af516a1cb314eea (diff) | |
| download | tor-ed748efd83b6455dadedf9f7aef87872b821a3be.tar.gz tor-ed748efd83b6455dadedf9f7aef87872b821a3be.zip | |
make clearer the ulimit -n instructions
svn:r5037
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diff --git a/doc/tor-doc-server.html b/doc/tor-doc-server.html index fc0a5adfce..b32dd596a7 100644 --- a/doc/tor-doc-server.html +++ b/doc/tor-doc-server.html @@ -269,11 +269,12 @@ into a chroot jail</a>.) <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. 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 +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), and then restart Tor if it's installed as a package (or log +out and log back in if you run it yourself). 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. |