Date: 19 Apr 2001 19:48:42 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: Buliwyf McGraw <buliwyf@libertad.univalle.edu.co> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: maxusers Message-ID: <xzpvgo0n5l1.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104191126320.29416-100000@libertad.univalle.edu.co> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104191126320.29416-100000@libertad.univalle.edu.co>
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Buliwyf McGraw <buliwyf@libertad.univalle.edu.co> writes: > Hi, im recompiling the kernel of my server, because a need more pty's > I set maxusers var to 1024, when i do the config i get this: There is no relation between maxusers and the number of ptys available. In fact, there is practically no relation between maxusers and anything of interest in the kernel. I believe the only value affected by maxusers that can't be tuned at boot- or run-time is the maximum size of the process table. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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