From 41bdb5e9f891cb966c0be4993af516a1cb314eea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roger Dingledine
-11. (Unix only.) Your operating system probably limits the number of open -file descriptors per process to 1024 (or even less). If you plan to be -running a fast exit node, this is probably not enough. You should run -"ulimit -n 8192" (as root) and then su to the user that will run Tor, -or change your defaults (on Debian, add a line like "toruser hard nofile -8192" to your /etc/security/limits.conf file). +11. (Unix only.) Your operating system probably limits the number +of open file descriptors per process to 1024 (or even less). If +you plan to be running a fast exit node, this is probably not +enough. On Linux, you should add a line like "toruser hard nofile +8192" to your /etc/security/limits.conf file, where toruser is +the user that runs the Tor process. If that doesn't work, see this +FAQ entry for other suggested ways to run "ulimit -n 8192" before +you launch Tor.