[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk 1.0.1 Too many open files

[Bill Seddon]

> There should be no reason that I hit my limit of open files on this
> machine.  Restarting asterisk immediately solved the problem, so
> I'm leaning towards a leak, however, I didn't have the opportunity,
> in the moment, to check and see how many files and what type were
> open.

This is a problem that I've also run into but I know it cannot be anything
to with files system limits - at least in the obvious sense.  So I'll
describe my experience and it might help someone identify the root cause.

When I set up my Asterisk box, it was inside our firewall.  With the system
working, I moved it outside the firewall but SIP phones would not connect
and the console reported the chan_sip errors described.  I was able to use
TELNET, VNC and could call the PBX using IAX (FWD).  A few days later and
without, apparently, doing anything, the PBX began to work.

Last weekend the errors chan_sip errors started again.  I rebooted the
Asterisk server.  I rebooted the firewall and router.  No change.  So I
brought the server back inside the firewall and it works just fine.  Go
figure.

So the error cannot be anything to do with open file limits.  The difference
appears to be related to the site of PBX server with respect to the 


Bill Seddon