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Subject: Re: Help ( out of ports )
To: dunn@panther.ferrum.edu (James E. Dunn)
Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 22:00:16 -0700 (PDT)
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In-Reply-To: <199505180348.XAA00493@panther.ferrum.edu> from "James E. Dunn" at May 17, 95 11:48:06 pm
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> 
> 
> Greetings!
> 
> I can only get 16 users on my machine.  Running FreeBSD-2.0R.  I've
> tried adding ttyp's in my /dev/ directory and in my /etc/ttys to no
> avail; I've even recompiled the kernel with MAXUSERS=64.
> 
> So, could someone PLEASE tell me how to increase the number of ports
> available?

You should have waited for my mail, you missed the increase of
pseudo-device   pty     16
to 
pseudo-device   pty     64

> Thanks
> Jim
> 
> Output follows:
> 
> 	telnetd: All Ports Currently in Use.

Means you are out of pty devices...

> 	connection terminated...
> 
> EOF
> 


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