too many open files

hi folks,

i've installed nessus-2.0.10a using YAST on a SuSE 9.1 box:

vishnu:/usr/sbin # ./nessusd -v
nessusd (Nessus) 2.0.10 for Linux
(C) 1998 - 2003 Renaud Deraison <deraison@nessus.org>

vishnu:/usr/sbin # 


when i try to load nessusd, i see the following:

vishnu:/etc/init.d # ./nessusd start
Starting nessusd                                                     done
vishnu:/etc/init.d # smb_nt.inc: Too many open files
/usr/lib/nessus/plugins/mssqlserver_detect.nasl: Too many open files
/usr/lib/nessus/plugins/mssqlserver_detect.nasl could not be loaded
/usr/lib/nessus/plugins/CSCdw50657.nasl: Too many open files
/usr/lib/nessus/plugins/CSCdw50657.nasl could not be loaded
/usr/lib/nessus/plugins/php_imap_overflow.nasl: Too many open files
/usr/lib/nessus/plugins/php_imap_overflow.nasl could not be loaded
[...]

this continues for what looks to me like every plug-in ... and of course, 
nessusd doesn't load.


i started off thinking this was a kernel issue ... but:
vishnu:/proc/sys/fs # cat file-nr
1440    0       419430
vishnu:/proc/sys/fs # 

file-nr suggests that i haven't gotten close to the maximum of 419430 file 
handles, so now i'm thinking it is a nessus issue.

insights?

--sk

stuart kendrick
fhcrc
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