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[or-cvs] make clearer the ulimit -n instructions
Update of /home2/or/cvsroot/tor/doc
In directory moria:/home/arma/work/onion/cvs/tor/doc
Modified Files:
tor-doc-server.html
Log Message:
make clearer the ulimit -n instructions
Index: tor-doc-server.html
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RCS file: /home2/or/cvsroot/tor/doc/tor-doc-server.html,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
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--- tor-doc-server.html 13 Sep 2005 22:00:03 -0000 1.9
+++ tor-doc-server.html 13 Sep 2005 22:10:20 -0000 1.10
@@ -269,11 +269,12 @@
<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.