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To: Charles Mott <cmott@srv.net>
cc: Steve Price <sprice@HiWAAY.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: ftp server on ftp.cdrom.com 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 30 Nov 1997 20:10:23 MST."
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 21:02:40 -0800
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>On Sun, 30 Nov 1997, Steve Price wrote:
>> steve[~]$ ftp ftp.cdrom.com
>> Connected to wcarchive.cdrom.com.
>> 220 wcarchive.cdrom.com FTP server (Version DG-2.0.7 Wed Oct 22 02:30:03
>> PDT 1997) ready.
>> Name (ftp.cdrom.com:steve): anonymous
>> 530-Sorry, the current limit of 2750 users has been reached.
>> 530-Please try again in a few minutes.
>> ...
>
>When you think about it, 2750 users, each with a distinct forked process
>(I assume), that is really stunning.  I've known about the wcarchive
>machine for a while, but somehow I never really dwelled on the magnitude
>of the task.

   Yes, "ps" on wcarchive is highly discouraged. :-)

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project