From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 1 23:43:51 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA01735 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 1 Jun 1997 23:43:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from radford.i-plus.net (root@Radford.i-Plus.net [206.99.237.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA01730 for ; Sun, 1 Jun 1997 23:43:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from abyss (pitlord@Abyss.i-plus.net [206.99.237.44]) by radford.i-plus.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id CAA20249; Mon, 2 Jun 1997 02:42:30 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199706020642.CAA20249@radford.i-plus.net> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.0544.0 From: "Troy Settle" To: , "Michael Haro" Subject: Re: Maximum telnet connections Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 02:43:13 -0400 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE Engine V4.71.0544.0 Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk From: Michael Haro >Hi, > >How do I increase the maximum number of telnet connections. I just had 16 >users logged into my computer, and when I tried to connect, telnetd told me >that it couldn't accept any more connects. > >Why is this? How can I fix it? > The answer lies within your kernel config file. pseudo-device pty 16 change this to whatever you think you'll need. You may need to create the devices in /dev as well. -- Troy Settle Network Administrator, iPlus Internet Services http://www.i-Plus.net