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

[Danny Mayer]

Jukka Pakkanen wrote:
> I get the same message in all our Windows server with P2, reported that a 
> week ago but haven't heard anything about it yet. Also the P2 crashes 
> several times a day even in a low-load server, hopefully the "very soon to 
> be released" fixed windows version is coming soon.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Andrey G. Sergeev (AKA Andris)" <andris at aernet.ru>
> To: <bind-users at isc.org>
> Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 12:16 PM
> Subject: 9.5.0-P2 under Win XP: warnings about the 'files' limit in Event 
> Log
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> 

What is the error that you see? There are several possible errors that 
you might be seeing.

Danny