Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 11:42:57 -0800 (PST) From: Ian Thomas <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com> To: chad@pengar.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "no more processes" Message-ID: <20010219194257.5722.qmail@web4303.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <3336257933.982588801@[192.168.99.123]>
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Increase the maxusers options in the kernel. I
believe that a more detailed description of how many
processes are allocated to n user is explained here..
http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/kernelconfig-config.html
good luck
Ian
--- "Chad Leigh, Pengar Enterprises, Inc & Shire.Net
LLC" <chad@pengar.com> wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I am running 4.2-RELEASE on a dual Celeron system.
> The system is mainly
> running a few versions of Roxen (www.roxen.com) web
> server, mySQL database,
> and various perl and other CGIs. Very little actual
> user login occurs.
>
> The system had been up about 2 weeks when I logged
> in last night and
> started getting "no more processes" messages for any
> command I typed that
> was not built into the shell. Additional SSH
> connections failed.
> Processes, like Roxen and mySQL that were already
> running and not forking,
> continued to run. Logging out of my SSH session and
> logging into the
> console I was able to reboot.
>
> I figured that my new kernel needed some parameters
> changed in it and went
> to the kernel config files. But I am not sure what
> parameters to look at.
> Looking in LINT I didn't see any parameters that
> appear to influence
> process table sizes etc. I have vague memories in
> 2.2.x of having such
> parameters.
>
> Can someone provide me with some hints or pointers
> to docs that would help
> me understand in detail what was probably happening
> and what precautions I
> should take to make sure it does not happen again?
>
> Thanks
> Chad
> Shire.Net LLC
>
>
> Pengar Enterprises, Inc. and Shire.Net LLC
> Web and Macintosh Consulting -- full service web
> hosting
> Chad Leigh
> chad@pengar.com chad@shire.net
>
>
>
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