Hello everyone, > Tor can generally raise the limits itself, though, when started as > root. Can you post the error message that caused you to ask this > question ? There's no error message, I followed this thread: "Tor Server - DDOS or High Load" there were talking about ulimits and I checked mine. I also have to confess that there is no rc_ulimit="-n NNNNNN" option in my torrc file. > and tell us how you start Tor? I start tor as the "debian-tor" user and with the delivered tools, that is: /etc/init.d/tor start Besides that, it seems to be very difficult for my relay (nickname ione) to get the "guard" flag, and I wondered if it may have any relation. Thanks in advance, LluÃs > Libertas: Hi, LluÃs. > > I think the ulimit is set on a per-process basis, inherited from > the parent process, so raising it in another shell won't change > anything. This can be seen by opening two terminals on a local > machine or two SSH sessions on a remote machine and toying with the > ulimits. > > Tor can generally raise the limits itself, though, when started as > root. Can you post the error message that caused you to ask this > question, and tell us how you start Tor? > > On 12/10/2014 05:03 PM, LluÃs wrote: >> The limit to open files is set to 1024 by default in my system. >> So it is for the "debian-tor" user, too. It seems to me a bit >> low. > >> I tried to rise it a whit through "sudo" and getting a shell for >> debian-tor, but it doesn't work. > >> Can I use PAM-LIMIT with tor ? If not, how can I set ulimit for >> debian-tor when booting ? And when restarting tor ? > >> BTW, may the open files ulimit preclude a relay to get the >> "guard" flag ? > >> thanks in advance, > >> LluÃs Spain _______________________________________________ >> tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays > > _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing > list tor-relays@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays >
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