File Table Full

[Chris Harris]

I'm getting some errors and hoping someone can tell me what has cause it and
how I can fix it.

in my messages log:

sendmail[54147]: i0B9PGr5054147: SYSERR(root): fill_fd: disconnect: fd 0 not
open: Bad file descriptor
> file: table is full

sendmail[54227]: i0B9Per5054227: SYSERR(root): fill_fd: disconnect: cannot
open /dev/null: Too many open files in system


the message file: table is full is repeated over and over.

Any ideas?

Chris