= Description =


I'm using MoinMoin Release 1.5.7 running on a Linux server in LAN. I'm the only one accessing this Wiki. After few days  I'm getting [Errno 24] Too many open files during any access to Wiki.


== Steps to reproduce ==
## Describe the steps needed to reproduce the bug. If we can't reproduce it, we  probably can't fix it.
 1. run MoinMoin standalone
 2. work (create/edit) pages for few days

== Example ==
##Add URL that show the bug, screenshot or test wiki markup that fail...

##URL: 

##attachment:screenshot.png

##{{{
##Example wiki markup that fail
##}}}
{{{
IOError 

[Errno 24] Too many open files: 'data/user/1172435003.16.3551'

    * args = (24, 'Too many open files')
    * errno = 24
    * filename = 'data/user/1172435003.16.3551'
    * strerror = 'Too many open files'
}}}

{{{
System Details

    * Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:17:53 +0000
    * Platform: Linux samwise 2.6.15-26-server #1 SMP Thu Aug 3 04:09:15 UTC 2006 i686
    * Python: Python 2.4.3 (/usr/bin/python)
    * MoinMoin: Release 1.5.7 (release)
}}}

{{{

lsof | grep moin
:
python     4152 www-data  887u      REG      253,0        0       8574 /var/www/JN_Wiki-moin-1.5.7/data/cache/surgeprotect/surge-logE5yALo.tmp
python     4152 www-data  888u      REG      253,0        0       8575 /var/www/JN_Wiki-moin-1.5.7/data/cache/surgeprotect/surge-log-eIXOp.tmp
python     4152 www-data  889u      REG      253,0        0       8570 /var/www/JN_Wiki-moin-1.5.7/data/cache/surgeprotect/surge-logXP6-4J.tmp
python     4152 www-data  890u      REG      253,0        0       8577 /var/www/JN_Wiki-moin-1.5.7/data/cache/surgeprotect/surge-logwuXj-5.tmp
python     4152 www-data  891u      REG      253,0        0       7300 /var/www/JN_Wiki-moin-1.5.7/data/cache/surgeprotect/surge-logXj4NzE.tmp
python     4152 www-data  892u      REG      253,0        0       8576 /var/www/JN_Wiki-moin-1.5.7/data/cache/surgeprotect/surge-log3EqVSd.tmp
python     4152 www-data  893u      REG      253,0        0       8578 /var/www/JN_Wiki-moin-1.5.7/data/cache/surgeprotect/surge-logB4NbvL.tmp
:


lsof | grep moin | wc
   1021    9189  145915

# ulimit
unlimited
}}}

{{{
# MoinMoin is started with
cd /var/www/JN_Wiki-moin-1.5.7/
python ./moin.py
}}}

== Component selection ==

## Where you think is this bug happening ? (general, plugin [plugin name], theme [theme name], ...

 * surgeprotect

== Details ==

## If you got a traceback, please save the traceback page as html and attach here:
[[attachment:traceback.html]]

## if the bug is in this wiki, just kill the table and write: This Wiki.

## If a traceback is not available, please fill in the details here:

== Workaround ==
## How to deal with the bug until it is fixed

 1. stop MoinMoin
 2. start it again

Waiting as described in [[MoinMoinBugs/TooManyFilesAreOpen]] do not help.


= Discussion =

Thank you for the fast response and URL provided. I implemented the decode/encode parameters and so far, the number of open files is not growing. 

= Plan =
## This part is for Moin``Moin developers:

 * Priority: 
 * Assigned to: ThomasWaldmann
 * Status: I guess this is fixed by http://hg.thinkmo.de/moin/1.5?cs=4b9425f89248, can you test it?

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