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Date:      Thu, 9 May 1996 09:31:13 +1000 (EST)
From:      Paul Sondhu <paul@riker.comcirc.com.au>
To:        Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problem when someone tries to finger our host
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960509093013.15676B-100000@riker.comcirc.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <9605082306.AA22879@fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov>

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On Wed, 8 May 1996, Sean Kelly wrote:

> >>>>> "Paul" == Paul Sondhu <paul@riker.comcirc.com.au> writes:
> 
>     Paul> I ran the command you mentioned above and it comes up with
>     Paul> the number 88.  Is value OK?
> 
> If MAXUSERS is <= 4, then no.
> 
> The size of the process table is 20 + 16*MAXUSERS.
> 
> If you're reliably running out of process space, then increase
> MAXUSERS.
> 
> If the problem you're experiencing is only with fingerd, then
> increasing MAXUSERS probably isn't the right answer.  But try it and
> see if it helps.
>

The problem does only happen with fingerd. I'll try increasing MAXUSERS
and see how it goes.

Paul.

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