Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 14:54:24 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /kernel: proc: table is full Message-ID: <71189.944571264@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 07 Dec 1999 10:13:29 %2B0200." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9912071011560.87718-100000@finland.ispro.net.tr>
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On Tue, 07 Dec 1999 10:13:29 +0200, Evren Yurtesen wrote: > Right after I have setup /etc/hosts.allow file I was > trying if it is working good but at the same time I got > this message in my logs. I'm not sure that the two are related if you're using a modern FreeBSD. It's possible you have a buggy inetd, but you'd need to send us the output of the following command: ident /usr/sbin/inetd It may simply be that it's coincidental that you've noticed these messages while you're verifying your /etc/hosts.allow configuration. The messages indicates that a call to fork() failed because creating a new process would break the maxproc limit in the kernel. You'll find the code which generates the error message in src/sys/kern/kern_fork.c The maxproc variable is declared in src/sys/conf/param.c or src/sys/i386/conf/param.c depending on the version of FreeBSD you're using. You'll see that it's a function of the kernel configuration value ``maxusers''. If you have maxusers set very low (say 16), you might want to bump it up, provided that you're simply running a large number of processes. NB!!! You bump maxusers by changing your custom kernel config file, not by mucking about with param.c! :-) But let us know what version of inetd you're running by supplying the output of the ident command above and we'll be able to tell you whether you have a buggy version. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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