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Randy A. Katz wrote:
> 
> Also, I was just in a telnet session with that machine and did the ls
> command and got a reply:
> 
> No more processes.
> 
> >Hello All,
> >
> >FreeBSD 2.1.7, has 30 or so httpd setup running, telnet, ftp, etc...
> Getting a message from cron every so often "cannot fork". Doesn't last
> long. Anyone know what it is and how to monitor it or tune for it?
> >
> >Thanx,
> >Randy Katz

I believe you need to increase MAXUSERS in your kernel configuration.

See http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook37.html
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