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Date:      Tue, 08 Sep 1998 09:11:08 -0400
From:      "Francisco Reyes" <reyesf@newsguy.com>
To:        "angelayu" <angelayu@stlinux.ouhk.edu.hk>, "Konrad Heuer" <kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: max user
Message-ID:  <199809081311.GAA03369@newsguy.com>

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On Tue, 8 Sep 1998 09:30:10 +0200 (CEST), Konrad Heuer wrote:

>On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, angelayu wrote:
>
>> Does freebsd have max-user to 3?  Could i open more than three users?
>> Alt F1.
>
>FreeBSD does neither limit the number of users nor does it limit the
>number of virtual consoles to three. It seems to me you're speaking of the
>latter point.
>
>If you want more than three virtual consoles you've to edit /etc/ttys and
>add lines like
>
>ttyv3   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure


And also don't forget to run MAKEDEV
cd /dev
./MAKEDEV vty#

Where # is the number of consoles

See "How do I increase the number of virtual consoles" in the FAQ.


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