Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 03:19:53 -0400 (EDT) From: spork <spork@super-g.com> To: Mike Jenkins <mjenkins@carp.gbr.epa.gov> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, shredder@hack.babel.dk Subject: Re: pop3/tcp server failing (looping) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808070317510.11057-100000@super-g.inch.com> In-Reply-To: <199808061238.HAA12408@carp.gbr.epa.gov>
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On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, Mike Jenkins wrote:
> At first I thought Charles was talking about Linux (and he was in syntax)
> but the FreeBSD inetd(8) manual page shows:
Nah, I was just talking about 2.1-something, I had no idea the syntax had
changed, our pop server still runs 2.1.7.1 and we have enought people
popping to trigger the "looping..." message. I'm glad you pointed this
out, or I'd be scratching my head for quite some time when we upgrade...
Charles
>
> {wait|nowait}[/max-child[/max-connections-per-ip-per-minute]]
>
> The maximum number of outstanding child processes (or ``threads'') for a
> ``nowait'' service may be explicitly specified by appending a ``/'' fol-
> lowed by the number to the ``nowait'' keyword. Normally (or if a value of
> zero is specified) there is no maximum. Otherwise, once the maximum is
> reached, further connection attempts will be queued up until an existing
> child process exits. This also works in the case of ``wait'' mode, al-
> though a value other than one (the default) might not make sense in some
> cases. You can also specify the maximum number of connections per minute
> for a given IP address by appending a ``/'' followed by the number to the
> maximum number of outstanding child processes. Once the maximum is
> reached, further conections from this IP address will be dropped until
> the end of the minute.
>
> So the -R switch applies to all services but you can taylor individual
> services with the nowait/max-child/rate field. This FreeBSD is good
> stuff!
>
> Mike
>
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