My question was: how can I modify the maximum number
of processes allowed per user? Before describing the
method that worked for me, I would like to thank
Gene Heater, Mark Ray, Mark Baudoin, Clemens Schmuck,
Chetan Chheda, Girish Phadke, Harish Arora, Alan
Davis, and Jussi Tirkkonen, for their prompt and
helpful responses.
Below is a summary of what worked on my DU4.0D box.
First, I used
sysconfig -q proc
to query the current settings; this gave me the names
of the relevant parameters, which I then modified by
appending the following to /etc/sysconfigtab:
proc:
max-proc-per-user = 1014
max-threads-per-user = 2026
task-max = 1024
thread-max = 2046
Please note that the spacing is relevant, and that
each line except the first begins with a tab.
After rebooting, the changes took effect.
I was unable to modify these attributes in the
running kernel using sysconfig -r or sysconfigdb -s.
Again, to all who responded, thanks for your
helpful suggestions.
--Boris
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Received on Tue Feb 02 1999 - 20:22:54 NZDT