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On Fri, 4 Jul 1997, Yves LePage wrote:

> How can I increase this value (ideally permanently)?

  Yes, build a new kernel.  See docs.  Start with GENERIC, increase
maxusers to 128 (or higher), then probably add MAX_OPEN (see LINT
examples).

Tom