9.5.0-P2 under Win XP: warnings about the 'files' limit in Event Log

Danny Mayer mayer at gis.net
Sat Aug 9 16:47:10 UTC 2008


Andrey G. Sergeev (AKA Andris) wrote:
> Hello fellow list users,
> 
> 
> I'm using BIND under the FreeBSD and Windows to build a reliable DNS 
> infrastructure in my home and lab network. Today I've upgraded one of 
> the Windows XP installations of BIND from 9.5.0-P1 to -P2. Everything 
> works like a charm except that there is a one suspicious warning entry 
> with ID 2 in the Event Log saying that
> ------------------------------[Cut]------------------------------
> the 'files' limit (2048) is less than FD_SETSIZE (16384), increase 
> 'files' in named.conf or recompile with a smaller FD_SETSIZE.
> ------------------------------[Cut]------------------------------
> 
> There is no "files" directive in my named.conf under the "options" 
> section. It seems to me that the nature of the warning described above 
> seems to be strange because the default setting for the "files" is 
> "unlimited".
> 
> I've tried to subsequently set the "files" option to "16384" and 
> "unlimited" but it doesn't help.
> 
> Could anyone confirm this and suggest the possible trick to avoid the 
> problem?
> 
> Thanks.

It is safe to ignore this one. Windows file descriptors don't work the 
same way and FD_SETSIZE has no role in how windows uses them in BIND 9.

I'll put it on my non-urgent list of things to fix on the Windows side.

Danny


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