Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 10:25:44 -0500 (CDT) From: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com> To: rdugaue@calweb.com (Robert Du Gaue) Cc: froden@bigblue.no, dcs@gns.com.br, isp@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Max users/max processes in FreeBSD?? Message-ID: <199608301525.KAA08472@brasil.moneng.mei.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.93.960830080115.14768G-100000@web1.calweb.com> from "Robert Du Gaue" at Aug 30, 96 08:02:34 am
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> > >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??? It is certainly just a warning. :-) The ramifications of setting a higher number than 10 are that you probably need more memory to support it... if you try MAXUSERS 256 on a machine with 4MB, I doubt the kernel will even run, since it probably won't have enough space to allocate its data structures. Setting > 64 is often a mistake, and if it isn't a mistake in your case, you are supposed to understand the reasons that you can safely ignore the warning. ... JG
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