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run_electrum_server does not verify open files limit is high enough

Open shsmith opened this issue 10 years ago • 0 comments

Suggest adding logic like this near the top of run_electrum_server:

# prevent database corruption due to default open file limits
import resource
softlimit, hardlimit = resource.getrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_OFILE)
if hardlimit < 64000:
    print "Your open files limit is too low." 
    sys.exit()

shsmith avatar Jul 12 '15 21:07 shsmith