From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Sep 15 15: 5:12 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from brian.sjc.got.net (brian.sjc.got.net [207.111.245.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1F9C37B423 for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2000 15:05:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: by brian.sjc.got.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 04D753198; Fri, 15 Sep 2000 15:06:18 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 15:06:17 -0700 From: Brian Weiss To: Peter Avalos Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: More than 64 PTYs ? Message-ID: <20000915150617.A80670@brian.sjc.got.net> Reply-To: brian@got.net References: <20000915134425.A60792@brian.sjc.got.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from pavalos@theshell.com on Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 04:08:48PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 04:08:48PM -0500, Peter Avalos wrote: > > I've recently run into a problem on one of my systems where I > > have run out of > > available PTYs. It is a multiuser system, but not a terribly > > large one. As far > > as I can tell from reading available documentation the limit for PTYs, as > > configured in the kernel, is 64. How could this be? I know there > > are tons of > > systems out there with a great deal more users than mine. > > > > Any information is greatly appreciated. > > > > Make line something like this in your kernel config: > pseudo-device pty 256 # Pseudo-ttys (telnet etc) > > Then make sure you make the ptys in /dev > > > Peter Avalos > TheShell.com > Yes, I am aware of this option in the kernel config, but was under the impression (after reading the documentation) that the limit was 64. > You're expected to tune your machines if you're going to have "tons of > users" > -Alfred Not to be totally rude, but how in hell is a comment like this supposed to help anyone? And of course I tune my machines and obviously researched this problem a great deal more than you. My question was referring to the documented maximum of 64 ptys and I wanted to know whether I would be able to go above this so-called maximum, if not, there's no reason for me to waste time rebuilding my kernel and cause downtime for the box. Understand? Thank you Peter for your actual attempt at offering assistance. If anyone else knows anything about this I would be very grateful for your help. -- Brian Weiss http://www.got.net/~brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message