[5.2] named reports a message "max open files (1024) is smaller than max sockets (4096)" into /var/log/messages.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • On a system which bind package has been updated to bind-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3 (RHSA-2010:0976), named reports the following message into /var/log/messages when it starts:

named[PID]: max open files (1024) is smaller than max sockets (4096)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version Number: RHEL5.4
  • Architecture: x86
  • Related Package Version: bind-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3

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