[slurm-users] salloc: error: Error on msg accept socket: Too many open files

Patrick Goetz pgoetz at math.utexas.edu
Tue Feb 2 18:14:24 UTC 2021


That sounds like a linux issue. You probably need to reset the max limit 
for file descriptors someplace.

Maybe start here:
  https://rtcamp.com/tutorials/linux/increase-open-files-limit/

On 2/2/21 11:50 AM, Prentice Bisbal wrote:
> Has anyone seen this error message before? A user just reported it. A 
> Google search doesn't turn up anything useful. I mean, I understand what 
> too many open files means, but I'm surprised to see it in the context of 
> salloc.
> 
> salloc: error: Error on msg accept socket: Too many open files
> 



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