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

[Jason Fuermann]

we have this problem. In our case it was due to the voice mail app; it 
was failing to unlink files in memory when creating mp3s. Not sure what 
your specific problem might be

Giorgio Incantalupo wrote:
> Hi,
> my Asterisk 1.2.9.1 suddenly freezed ("stop now" did not work!!) . I 
> found the following errors inside /var/log/asterisk/message:
>
> Feb 14 14:55:41 ERROR[11273] rtp.c: Unable to allocate socket: Too 
> many open files
> Feb 14 14:55:41 WARNING[11273] chan_sip.c: Unable to create RTP audio  
> session: Too many open files
> Feb 14 14:55:43 WARNING[11273] acl.c: Cannot create socket
> Feb 14 14:55:46 WARNING[11273] acl.c: Cannot create socket
> Feb 14 14:56:01 WARNING[11283] chan_misdn.c: Write returned <=0 
> (err=Destination address required)
> Feb 14 14:59:56 WARNING[13725] res_agi.c: unable to create fromast 
> pipe: Too many open files
> Feb 14 15:01:21 WARNING[13729] res_agi.c: unable to create fromast 
> pipe: Too many open files
> Feb 14 15:01:56 WARNING[13744] res_agi.c: Unable to create toast pipe: 
> Too many open files
> Feb 14 15:01:56 ERROR[13744] cdr_custom.c: Unable to re-open master 
> file /var/log/asterisk/cdr-custom/Master.csv : Too many open files
> Feb 14 15:01:56 ERROR[13744] cdr_csv.c: Unable to re-open master file 
> /var/log/asterisk//cdr-csv//Master.csv : Too many open files
> Feb 14 15:02:18 WARNING[13747] res_agi.c: Unable to create toast pipe: 
> Too many open files
> Feb 14 15:02:18 ERROR[13747] cdr_custom.c: Unable to re-open master 
> file /var/log/asterisk/cdr-custom/Master.csv : Too many open files
> Feb 14 15:02:18 ERROR[13747] cdr_csv.c: Unable to re-open master file 
> /var/log/asterisk//cdr-csv//Master.csv : Too many open files
>
> Considered that the result of ulimit is "ulimited", is there anybody 
> who knows how to avoid these errors?
>
> TIA
>
> Giorgio Incantalupo
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