NodeJS error “EMFILE, too many open files” on Mac OS

Question

For sometime I am having the following error:

Error: EMFILE, too many open files  \'/Users/blagus/Gallery/Websites/Nicsware/Pills/resources/core/auth.node.js         


        

Answer 1

Check your ulimit. For example initialy my ulimit on OSX was 256.

• Run ulimit -n to see the limit.
• Afterwards You can ulimit -n 1024 to set a higher limit.