title: how to reboot server when open file limit reached (Too many open files in system)
body: <p>how can I reboot ubuntu server when open files limit is reached?</p>
  
  <p>I can login via ssh, but mostly every command that I tried responds with error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>-bash-4.3$ killall node
  -bash: start_pipeline: pgrp pipe: Too many open files in system
  -bash: /usr/bin/killall: Too many open files in system
  -bash-4.3$ shutdown -r now
  -bash: start_pipeline: pgrp pipe: Too many open files in system
  -bash: /sbin/shutdown: Too many open files in system
  -bash-4.3$ reboot
  -bash: start_pipeline: pgrp pipe: Too many open files in system
  -bash: /sbin/reboot: Too many open files in system
  -bash-4.3$ sudo su -
  -bash: start_pipeline: pgrp pipe: Too many open files in system
  -bash: /usr/bin/sudo: Too many open files in system
  -bash-4.3$   
  </code></pre>