IPFS error "flatfs: too many open files"

If you have followed my previous tutorial on how to batch import your pinned files, you could have easily incurred on this "flatfs: too many open files" error.

Here a practical solution for your Linux OS:

Enter the following folder as superuser via your editor of preference, I'm using nano:

sudo nano /etc/security/limits.conf

add these 2 lines at the end of the file:

     . . .
*     hard     nofile     4096
*     soft      nofile     40960
# End of file

Log out and log in again > retry =)

4096 and 40960 should be enough, just in case you can always augment these values! ^^
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