Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 15:09:39 +0200 (EET) From: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /kernel: proc: table is full Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9912071456281.95022-100000@finland.ispro.net.tr> In-Reply-To: <71189.944571264@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
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I have setu hosts.access file but do you have any experience with it? I have some simple questions :) and my answer is below, On Tue, 7 Dec 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > On Tue, 07 Dec 1999 10:13:29 +0200, Evren Yurtesen wrote: > > > Right after I have setup /etc/hosts.allow file I was > > trying if it is working good but at the same time I got > > this message in my logs. > > I'm not sure that the two are related if you're using a modern FreeBSD. > It's possible you have a buggy inetd, but you'd need to send us the > output of the following command: > > ident /usr/sbin/inetd Here it is $Id: inetd.c,v 1.46.2.8 1999/07/23 14:49:15 des Exp $ > It may simply be that it's coincidental that you've noticed these > messages while you're verifying your /etc/hosts.allow configuration. > The messages indicates that a call to fork() failed because creating a > new process would break the maxproc limit in the kernel. in my kernel maxusers is 64 and the machine is not heavily loaded. I am sure that the messages started when I was playing with hosts.allow file because they started at the same time when I tried testing something and ended when I stop playing with that thing. I think I was disabling telnet and trying to telnet from outside. > > You'll find the code which generates the error message in > > src/sys/kern/kern_fork.c > > The maxproc variable is declared in > > src/sys/conf/param.c > > or > > src/sys/i386/conf/param.c > > depending on the version of FreeBSD you're using. You'll see that it's > a function of the kernel configuration value ``maxusers''. If you have > maxusers set very low (say 16), you might want to bump it up, provided > that you're simply running a large number of processes. > > NB!!! You bump maxusers by changing your custom kernel config file, not > by mucking about with param.c! :-) > > But let us know what version of inetd you're running by supplying the > output of the ident command above and we'll be able to tell you whether > you have a buggy version. > > Ciao, > Sheldon. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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