File table overflow

Cause

The kernel file table is full because too many files are open on the system. Temporarily, no more files can be opened. New data created under this condition will probably be lost.

Action

Simply waiting often gives the system time to close files. However, if this message occurs often, reconfigure the kernel to allow more open files. To increase the size of the file table in Solaris 2, increase the value of maxusers in the /etc/system file. The default maxusers value is the amount of main memory in MB, minus 2.

Technical Notes

The symbolic name for this error is ENFILE, errno=23.