Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 21:06:47 +0200 From: Willem Brown <willem@brwn.org> To: Odhiambo Washington <vedette@iconnect.co.ke> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: /var/account Message-ID: <20000905210647.A53631@snoopy.brwn.org> In-Reply-To: <20000905152501.C25218@siafu.iconnect.co.ke>; from vedette@iconnect.co.ke on Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 03:25:01PM %2B0300 References: <20000905123015.C84333@siafu.iconnect.co.ke> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009051233120.1183-100000@bagabeedaboo.security.at12.de> <20000905143636.A25218@siafu.iconnect.co.ke> <20000905124816.C72445@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> <20000905152501.C25218@siafu.iconnect.co.ke>
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Hi, Edit the /etc/sysctl.conf file and add "kern.maxprocperuid=1000", without the quotes. See the man page for sysctl.conf. man 5 sysctl.conf On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 03:25:01PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > Quoting Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org>: > [000905 14:55]: > Ben Smithurst>Odhiambo Washington wrote: > Ben Smithurst> > Ben Smithurst>> Thanks, Paul for this info. What I was seeing is the size of the /var > Ben Smithurst>> slice going up and up and I narrowed on this file. So could that also be > Ben Smithurst>> the reason I get the message " /kernel: proc: table is full" or this is > Ben Smithurst>> being caused by something else? All these issues are coming to me after > Ben Smithurst>> the recent cvsup.... > Ben Smithurst> > Ben Smithurst>No, "proc: table is full" means the process table has full, that has > Ben Smithurst>nothing to do with the filesystem. Basically it means you have too many > Ben Smithurst>processes running at once and you'll need to increase maxusers in your > Ben Smithurst>kernel config or kern.maxproc with sysctl. > > I did this, is it okay and is it made permanent? > sysctl -w kern.maxprocperuid=1000 > I did not mind the number, obtained from 'man sysctl'. What is the net > effect? Do I need to make kern.maxproc=1000 also? > > NB: You're inducting me to FBSD internals. Thank you so much. > > > -- > Odhiambo Washington > Systems Administrator > Inter-Connect Ltd. > 3rd Flr The Chancery > Valley Rd > PO Box 39519 Nairobi, KENYA > Tel: 254 2 711140 > Fax: 254 2 718418 > > One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic. -Josef Stalin > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > Best Regards Willem Brown -- /* =============================================================== */ /* Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD. The choice is yours. */ /* =============================================================== */ "This process can check if this value is zero, and if it is, it does something child-like." -- Forbes Burkowski, Computer Science 454 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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