Thanks to all who helped...
the problem was that I didn't have enough processes for the user.
I added
proc:
max-proc-per-user=128
to /etc/sysconfigtab
things are working better now.
samw_at_toccoafalls.edu
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From: Sam Washburn <samw_at_toccoafalls.edu>
To: alpha list <alpha-osf-managers_at_ornl.gov>
Date: Wednesday, July 30, 1997 11:29 AM
Subject: Syslog Question
>Aside from the obvious, what does this mean. It's the first time I've
seen
>it pop up.
>it was located in kern.log
>
>Jul 30 09:34:31 toccoafalls vmunix: fork/procdup: task_create failed.
Code:
>0x11
>
>samw_at_toccoafalls.edu
>
Received on Thu Jul 31 1997 - 16:53:34 NZST