From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 27 11:41:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA13992 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 27 Mar 1997 11:41:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts16-line13.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.213]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA13972 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 1997 11:41:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA00428; Thu, 27 Mar 1997 11:40:50 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 11:40:50 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Ryan Klinkhammer cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Increasing Users In-Reply-To: <33384A50.3B4B@seti.tec.sd.us> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 25 Mar 1997, Ryan Klinkhammer wrote: > Anyone > Hello, This is Ryan from Southeast Technical Institute in Sioux > Falls, SD. I recently installed FreeBSD 2.1.7. What I need to do is > increase the number of simultaneous users from the default 16 to 25. > However, I am have a hard time finding the kernal file to increase it. > Can anyone help me on this problem? Also, is it possible to change the > boot menu options and is it possible to select another operating system > without rebooting? You can have as many users logged in as the system will fit. You may need to increase some system buffers if you start having problems. THe previously mentioned 'maxusers' item may help, although this is a gauge and not an absolute value. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major