Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 11:08:18 -0700 From: Joshua Oreman <oremanj@webserver.get-linux.org> To: Josh Brooks <user@mail.econolodgetulsa.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: setting up max ptys under 5.x Message-ID: <20030627180818.GA37888@webserver.get-linux.org> In-Reply-To: <20030627031608.J57224-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com> References: <20030627031608.J57224-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com>
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On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 03:20:05AM -0700 or thereabouts, Josh Brooks wrote: > > For various reasons, in 4.x, I have been creating all possible pty /dev > nodes ... > > # pwd > /dev > # ls *pty* | wc -l > 256 > > > So far so good...now I am wondering how to do this in 5.x, what with the > devfs and all. Basically the number of interactive users that log into > this system means I need to have all the possible ptys ... > > What should my strategy be ? > > BTW, I noticed that in my kernel config file I can no longer set: > > device pty 256 > > I have to just set: > > device pty That's correct. > > as I get an error if I put the number in place ... also I have set > maxusers to 512 ... any new toggles I should know of to be able to use max > ptys on the system, or can I just follow whatever directions I hope to > receive regarding creating the devices ? 5.x creates the devices automatically. So if you have 256 users, you'll have 256 ptys. If you have 0 users, you'll have 0 ptys. maxusers has no effect, setting it to 512 does seem a bit high... -- Josh > > thanks! > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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