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Date:      Tue, 2 Dec 1997 09:10:43 -0600 (CST)
From:      Alex Nash <nash@Mcs.Net>
To:        Kingson Gunawan <kingson@excite.com>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: changing limit of the number of processes
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.971202090538.6051B-100000@Venus.mcs.net>
In-Reply-To: <348357DE.F5A68B1A@excite.com>

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On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Kingson Gunawan wrote:

> Just wondering, how do I change the limit to the number of processes an
> account can run?  I tried to modify /etc/login.conf, but it does not
> seem to matter.  At about 100 processes, it stops any attempt to create
> another process.

Look into the following sysctl variables:

   kern.maxproc
   kern.maxprocperuid

Alex




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