From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 5 20:47:33 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA15572 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 5 Aug 1996 20:47:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts14-line5.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.171]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA15562 for ; Mon, 5 Aug 1996 20:47:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id UAA00358; Mon, 5 Aug 1996 20:47:22 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 20:47:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Rusted Root cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MAXUSERS??? :-0 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 5 Aug 1996, Rusted Root wrote: > WE have a pentium 90 with 32 megs O ram running FreeBSD 2.1.0. :-) I have 2.1.5, so nyeh. :-) > Awhile back we recomplied the kernel (probally the wrong way). We went > from 16 ttys to about 32 ttys.When we have "alot" of users on at once > (like over 14) But we get error messages on console > like "kernel name" proc table full. (this repeates about 100 gazillion > times) then the system refuses any more logins :-( Increase your 'maxusers' value in your kernel config. I have it set to 64 (2xmem) for no apparent reason (it's a single user workstation) :) See what that does. > PS. is there a good web page ftp site I can get info like step by step > kernel compiling ect. We have been using your FReeBSD for oour server > for our school system. we have over 900 accounts and everyone is very > happy!! http://www.freebsd.org/ Look in Documentation, then Handbook. Glad you're happy with the software! It's always nice to see large systems working smoothly. (well, sort of) > Where ever you go..........There you are. -- Buckaroo Banzai Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major