Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 07:38:57 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Jenkins <mjenkins@carp.gbr.epa.gov> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: shredder@hack.babel.dk, spork@super-g.com Subject: Re: pop3/tcp server failing (looping) Message-ID: <199808061238.HAA12408@carp.gbr.epa.gov> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808060157210.18438-100000@super-g.inch.com>
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On Thu, 6 Aug 1998 01:58:18 -0400 (EDT) Charles Sprickman wrote:
> In inetd.conf, just change "nowait" to "nowait.100" or however many
> connections/minute you need... It's in the man page somewhere.
At first I thought Charles was talking about Linux (and he was in syntax)
but the FreeBSD inetd(8) manual page shows:
{wait|nowait}[/max-child[/max-connections-per-ip-per-minute]]
The maximum number of outstanding child processes (or ``threads'') for a
``nowait'' service may be explicitly specified by appending a ``/'' fol-
lowed by the number to the ``nowait'' keyword. Normally (or if a value of
zero is specified) there is no maximum. Otherwise, once the maximum is
reached, further connection attempts will be queued up until an existing
child process exits. This also works in the case of ``wait'' mode, al-
though a value other than one (the default) might not make sense in some
cases. You can also specify the maximum number of connections per minute
for a given IP address by appending a ``/'' followed by the number to the
maximum number of outstanding child processes. Once the maximum is
reached, further conections from this IP address will be dropped until
the end of the minute.
So the -R switch applies to all services but you can taylor individual
services with the nowait/max-child/rate field. This FreeBSD is good
stuff!
Mike
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