Systemctl command execution reports 'Too many open files' on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue
-
Every systemctl command throwing the
Too many open fileserror like below.# systemctl restart rsyslog Error : Too many open files# systemctl restart crond Error: Too many open files -
Increasing
fs.file-maxin/etc/sysctl.confto 32000000 andnofilein/etc/securities/limits.conffor all users from 1024 and 10240 also didn't helped.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
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