Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 21:59:05 +0100 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@freebsd.org> To: Paulo Menezes <paulo@centauro.isr.uc.pt> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: out of ptys? Message-ID: <7092.835304345@palmer.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 19 Jun 1996 22:17:55 BST." <Pine.SUN.3.91.960619220518.16170C-100000@centauro>
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Paulo Menezes wrote in message ID <Pine.SUN.3.91.960619220518.16170C-100000@centauro>: > > In the LINT file it says that the maximum number of ptys is 64, but in It does? Whoops. I think the limit is actually 256 now (can someone confirm this?) > the telnetd sources it is limited to 32. Why? Is there any problem in > raising the telnetd limit to 64? I can't actually find this limit (not obviously anyhow). There is even a comment: /* * This stat() check is just to keep us from * looping through all 256 combinations if there * aren't that many ptys available. */ at line 522 in /usr/src/libexec/telnetd/sys_term.c ... Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info
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