[asterisk-users] asterisk freeze due to "too many open file" error

[Henry J. Cobb]

> If the system is "running away" then I'd suggest looking deeper into it -
> is it opening a file and never closing it again, etc. Hard to track down
> unless you have a good knowlege of what's running, etc.

If you think it might be asterisk itself, then check which files it has open.

lsof -p `ps h -C asterisk -o pid | head -1`

-HJC