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				|  |  |  <p>
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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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