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Date:      Wed, 23 Jul 1997 14:37:15 -0700
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        brian@mpress.com
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cannot fork, resource temporarily unavailable
Message-ID:  <199707232137.OAA16798@austin.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <19970723132014.47636@mpress.com>
References:  <19970723132014.47636@mpress.com>

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In article <19970723132014.47636@mpress.com>,
Brian Litzinger  <brian@mpress.com> wrote:
> 
> I often get error messages such as:
> 
> Jul 23 13:02:12 mpress qmail: 869688132.490708 delivery 40: deferral: preline:_fatal:_temporary_problem/
> 
> Jul 23 13:01:40 mpress qmail: 869688100.100646 delivery 37: deferral: Unable_to_fork._(#4.3.0)/     
> 
> And messages from procmail about cannot fork.
> 
> my kernel is compiled with
> 
> maxusers 20
> 
> Most of the time its just me and X logged in.  I'm running afterstep
> and usually have 4 rxvt windows.
> 
> I don't get these errors in any other context, so I'm guessing that
> something is limiting qmail or my account.  Any ideas?

man login.conf  :-)

John
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   John Polstra                                       jdp@polstra.com
   John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                Seattle, Washington USA
   "Self-knowledge is always bad news."                 -- John Barth



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