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		<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">24 EMFILE - Too many open files</Title>
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						<Emphasis>Description:</Emphasis>
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						<Paragraph class="Default">This error indicates that too many file descriptors are open. No user is allowed to open any file.</Paragraph>
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						<Emphasis>Solution:</Emphasis>
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				<TR><TD width="596" colspan="2" rowspan="1">No process can have more than 20 file descriptors open at a time. Ask your system administrator to change the following parameters to increase the number of open files that is allowed: <List><ListItem>The NOFILES parameter, which defines the maximum number of open files per process and must have minimum value of 256. Preferably more.</ListItem>
							<ListItem>The NFILE parameter, which defines the number of open files in ERP LN and must have minimum value of NOFILES * ERP LN User License * 3 + 100. Preferably more.</ListItem>
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