From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Sep 16 17:43:36 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id RAA09806 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 16 Sep 1995 17:43:36 -0700 Received: from nanolon.gun.de (nanolon.gun.de [192.109.159.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id RAA09796 for ; Sat, 16 Sep 1995 17:43:31 -0700 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by nanolon.gun.de (8.6.8.1/8.6.6) with UUCP id CAA23236; Sun, 17 Sep 1995 02:43:09 +0200 Received: from knobel.gun.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by knobel.gun.de (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id CAA03194; Sun, 17 Sep 1995 02:08:28 +0200 Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 02:08:28 +0200 (MET DST) From: Andreas Klemm To: Gary Crutcher cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Max Users In-Reply-To: <14091995065240350.II18467@datatrek.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 14 Sep 1995, Gary Crutcher wrote: > I noticed in the LINK file, the kernel configuratin file, that you can > set max users. Is there a maximum number of users that can be > configured? I tried setting it to 250 and got a warning when I remade > the kernel. I do not appear to be having any run-time problems, > though. The maxuser variable is a multiplier for kernel variables. This variable is not for setting a max user limit. The initial value of 10 isn't that bad. 250 is _overkill_. It makes certain kernel structures too huge and _kills_ your performcance. I'd choose values of 10-20 depending on the amount of memory you have and the number of users, that will work at the same time on your system. Andreas /// -- Andreas Klemm You have lpd and need an intelligent print filter ?!! Ok, this might help: "apsfilter ... irgendwie clever" ftp it from ------> ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/Incoming/aps-491.tgz