Re: Increasing Max Connections Mac OS 10.3

Brian Hirt <bhirt@mobygames.com> writes:
> I've run into this on my ibook too.   The default number of files is
> set very low by default.  On my system 10.3.2, it's 256 for the
> postgres user.   You can raise it to something higher like 2048 with
> the ulimit command.   i have ulimit -n unlimited in my .bash_profile

Hmm, I hadn't even thought about ulimit.  I thought those settings were
per-process, not per-user.  If they are per-user they could be
problematic.

            regards, tom lane