Subj : "Too many open files" under Linux
To   : Mewcenary
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Feb 20 2022 11:59:58

  Re: "Too many open files" under Linux
  By: Digital Man to Mewcenary on Sun Feb 20 2022 11:49 am

 > Sounds like a bug (a file descriptor leak, usually open files, but could be
 > open socket descriptors or other types of file descriptors that were not
 > closed) somewhere. Using a tool such as 'lsof' if/when it happens again
 > should help to identify the culprit.

A preventative measure would be add to your /etc/security/limits.conf file:
*               soft    nofile          999999

There are other ways to modify a user's open file limit too:
https://bobcares.com/blog/too-many-open-files/
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