Re: [gentoo-user] dovecot + inotify max_user instances

[J. Roeleveld]

Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> wrote:
>On 2014-01-06 2:53 PM, covici@××××××××××.com <covici@××××××××××.com>
>wrote:
>> I put such a thing in /etc/sysctl.conf like this -- I don't have
>> dovecot, but I needed it for crashplan
>> fs.inotify.max_user_watches=1000000
>> or whatever value suits.
>
>Ok, after your and Alans comments and some more reading, I guess I
>agree, but...
>
>man sysctl, and the README in /etc/sysctl.d aren't very helpful.
>
>Would the proper line be:
>
># Increase inotify.max_user_instances for dovecot
>fs.inotify.max_user_instances=1024
>
>?
>
>And how would I have ascertained this? Ie, I wouldn't have known to use
>
>the fs.prefix...
>
>Thanks

Tanstaafl,

You remove '/proc/sys/' from the path. Then replace every '/' with a '.' :)

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