MariaDB throwing "Could not increase number of max_open_files to more than 1024"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

Started to get the following message from MariaDB:

[Warning] Could not increase number of max_open_files to more than 1024 (request: 41011)

It doesn't happen with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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