File descriptors

OK I have read the FAQ section 11

I have done so far:
    
    Boosted limits.h to 4096
    Increased /proc/sys....max-file to 4096
    Clean installed squid-2.1.RELEASE
    
I ran configure and it refuses to let me go higher then 256 (which is a
problem at the moment)

So feeling rather clever i changed the defaults in configure.in and
configure to 4096 and it _still_ wouldnt let me go higher then 256.

Exactly where does the script check to see the available file descriptors?

Any suggestions would be vastly appreciated.

I am running kernel 2.0.36 and redhat 5.1

Thanks,

David Nillesen
Received on Sat Mar 20 1999 - 22:07:24 MST