a result, you'll want to place these changes somewhere where they will be automatically reapplied on reboot. On many Linux systems, you can use the /etc/rc.d/rc.local script to do this. Depending on your particular -configuration, you might also be able to the /etc/sysctl.conf, although +configuration, you might also be able to use /etc/sysctl.conf, although you'll need to check the documentation for sysctl for the correct format. {subsection: System-wide file descriptors} @@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ programs. Be sure to set both hard and soft for nofile (number of files). +Condor daemons that run as root can increase their own file descriptor limit. To configure a higher limit, use MAX_FILE_DESCRIPTORS or <subsys>_MAX_FILE_DESCRIPTORS in the condor configuration. Note that using a file descriptor limit that is much larger than needed can add overhead that reduces performance. + {subsection: Process Identifiers} By default Linux wraps around the process identifiers when they