[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#485480: bootlogd messes with fs.file-max

[Zoran Dzelajlija]

Package: sysvinit
Version: 2.86.ds1-55
Severity: grave

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sysctl -p seemed to have stopped working on my (mostly) lenny
installation some time ago.  

After peppering /lib/lsb/init-functions with lines like

[ -d /proc ] && echo -n "(filemax: `cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max`) "

I found this piece of damning evidence:

[...]
(filemax: 32768) Stopping boot logger: bootlogd (filemax: 8192).
[...]

Please make bootlogd not touch fs.file-max sysctl variable, or at
least not lower it.  Userspace breaks in weird ways when there
are not enough fds available.

Regards,
Zoran
--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel:       Linux 2.6.25-2-686

Debian Release: lenny/sid
  990 testing         security.debian.org 
  990 testing         debian.iskon.hr 
  990 testing         buildd.emdebian.org 
  500 ubuntu-doko     people.ubuntu.com 
  500 kernel-dists-trunk kernel-archive.buildserver.net 
  500 kernel-dists-sid kernel-archive.buildserver.net 
  500 feisty          wine.budgetdedicated.com 
   50 unstable        debian.iskon.hr 
   50 unstable        debian-multimedia.org 
   50 unstable        buildd.emdebian.org 
   40 experimental    debian.iskon.hr 

--- Package information. ---
Depends           (Version) | Installed
===========================-+-============
libc6            (>= 2.7-1) | 2.7-10
libselinux1     (>= 2.0.59) | 2.0.59-1
libsepol1       (>= 2.0.25) | 2.0.25-1