Cocoon 1.8.2-odin

Unable to open resource: WEB-INF/cocoon.properties

java.io.FileNotFoundException: /var/www/cat1/contact/WEB-INF/cocoon.properties (Too many open files)
	at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
	at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:103)
	at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:66)
	at sun.net.www.protocol.file.FileURLConnection.connect(FileURLConnection.java:69)
	at sun.net.www.protocol.file.FileURLConnection.getInputStream(FileURLConnection.java:156)
	at org.apache.cocoon.Cocoon.init(Cocoon.java:131)
	at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.doInit(ServletWrapper.java:317)
	at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.init(Handler.java:215)
	at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.init(ServletWrapper.java:296)
	at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.service(Handler.java:254)
	at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:372)
	at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.internalService(ContextManager.java:806)
	at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service(ContextManager.java:752)
	at org.apache.tomcat.service.connector.Ajp13ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Ajp13ConnectionHandler.java:160)
	at org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:416)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:501)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)