Error: too many open files

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I got that error message when creating container.

Error response from daemon: too many open files

But I couldn’t find any information about that error.
(I saw https://github.com/docker/libcontainer/issues/211, but that was not the same problem of it.)
Is there anyone who knows about it?

Thanks.

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Could you show the output of docker version; docker info; uname -a to tell us about your environment?

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Thanks for your reply!

$ docker version

Client version: 1.4.1
Client API version: 1.16
Go version (client): go1.3.3
Git commit (client): 5bc2ff8
OS/Arch (client): linux/amd64
Server version: 1.4.1
Server API version: 1.16
Go version (server): go1.3.3
Git commit (server): 5bc2ff8

$ docker info

Containers: 235
Images: 76
Storage Driver: aufs
Root Dir: /var/lib/docker/aufs
Dirs: 586
Execution Driver: native-0.2
Kernel Version: 3.8.0-38-generic
Operating System: Ubuntu precise (12.04.5 LTS)
CPUs: 32
Total Memory: 58.72 GiB
Name: ip-10-167-173-188
ID: P3G6:3FHJ:IQ67:KIN5:Q25Q:NNXG:GTSE:PUYJ:FMY2:QWIU:MWZB:LUND
WARNING: No swap limit support

$ uname -a

Linux ip-xxx 3.8.0-38-generic #56~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Mar 13 16:22:48 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux