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From: Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] dovecot + inotify max_user instances
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:02:14
Message-Id: 52CBDE8B.3060408@libertytrek.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] dovecot + inotify max_user instances by covici@ccs.covici.com
1 On 2014-01-06 2:53 PM, covici@××××××××××.com <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote:
2 > I put such a thing in /etc/sysctl.conf like this -- I don't have
3 > dovecot, but I needed it for crashplan
4 > fs.inotify.max_user_watches=1000000
5 > or whatever value suits.
6
7 Ok, after your and Alans comments and some more reading, I guess I
8 agree, but...
9
10 man sysctl, and the README in /etc/sysctl.d aren't very helpful.
11
12 Would the proper line be:
13
14 # Increase inotify.max_user_instances for dovecot
15 fs.inotify.max_user_instances=1024
16
17 ?
18
19 And how would I have ascertained this? Ie, I wouldn't have known to use
20 the fs.prefix...
21
22 Thanks

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Re: [gentoo-user] dovecot + inotify max_user instances "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>