From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Aug 30 08:09:15 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA24920 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 30 Aug 1996 08:09:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.calweb.com (mail.calweb.com [165.90.138.20]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA24903 for ; Fri, 30 Aug 1996 08:09:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from calweb.calweb.com (calweb.calweb.com [165.90.138.3]) by mail.calweb.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA06487; Fri, 30 Aug 1996 08:02:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web1.calweb.com (rdugaue@web1.calweb.com [165.90.138.10]) by calweb.calweb.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA15686; Fri, 30 Aug 1996 15:02:34 GMT Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 08:02:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Robert Du Gaue To: Frode Nordahl cc: "Daniel C. Sobral" , "isp@FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: Max users/max processes in FreeBSD?? In-Reply-To: <199608301308.PAA16979@login.bigblue.no> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >> > I've noticed that FreeBSD has a max of 64 concurrent users and 150 processes. > >> > >> You can build with a different value for MAXUSERS, if it suits you. I > >> administer several boxes: > > > >He is obviously confused by FreeBSD's "MAXUSERS > 64" warning. > > You're reading my mind :) So are we saying that is just what it is. A 'warning', and the actual value is still taken? Why does it warn then? Are there some ramifications going over 64 that someone configuring a machine for heavy duty ISP stuff needs to know about??? > --------------------------------- > Frode Nordahl > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Du Gaue - rdugaue@calweb.com http://www.calweb.com President, CalWeb Internet Services Inc. (916) 641-9320 --------------------------------------------------------------------------