Bug 251171

Summary:	net-misc/tor - Increase open files limit
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Craig Andrews <candrews>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gustavo Felisberto (RETIRED) <humpback>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	fauli
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	/etc/security/limits.d/tor.conf

Description Craig Andrews gentoo-dev

2008-12-16 13:40:05 UTC

Tor uses lots of open sockets/files. In the default Gentoo configuration, one will see these messages in their /var/log/tor/tor.log file:
Dec 16 08:32:30.932 [warn] Failing because we have 991 connections already. Please raise your ulimit -n.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Craig Andrews gentoo-dev

2008-12-16 13:43:20 UTC

Created attachment 175469 [details]
/etc/security/limits.d/tor.conf

Installing this file as part of the ebuild's postinst fixes the problem

Comment 2 Christian Faulhammer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-12-21 01:32:23 UTC

This file is now installed in src_install() phase.  Thanks for your valuable report.