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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
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org

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