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@@ -269,11 +269,12 @@ into a chroot jail</a>.)
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11. (Unix only.) Your operating system probably limits the number
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-of open file descriptors per process to 1024 (or even less). If
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-you plan to be running a fast exit node, this is probably not
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-enough. On Linux, you should add a line like "toruser hard nofile
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-8192" to your /etc/security/limits.conf file, where toruser is
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-the user that runs the Tor process. If that doesn't work, see <a
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+of open file descriptors per process to 1024 (or even less). If you
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+plan to be running a fast exit node, this is probably not enough. On
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+Linux, you should add a line like "toruser hard nofile 8192" to your
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+/etc/security/limits.conf file (where toruser is the user that runs the
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+Tor process), and then restart Tor if it's installed as a package (or log
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+out and log back in if you run it yourself). If that doesn't work, see <a
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href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#FileDescriptors">this
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FAQ entry</a> for other suggested ways to run "ulimit -n 8192" before
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you launch Tor.
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