Subject: Re: maxuser limit on netbsd?
To: None <seebs@plethora.net>
From: Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 09/01/1999 19:15:22
>>>>> "seebs" == seebs  <seebs@plethora.net> writes:
    >> I recompiled the kernel, bumped MAXUSERS up to 64 and the pty's up to like
    >> 128.  This didn't help, so I manually created another 64 /dev/pty* files
    >> with MAKEDEV to no avail.  I have a feeling theres something really basic
    >> I'm over looking, can anyone help?

    seebs> Did you change /etc/ttys to refer to the additional pty's, and perhaps SIGHUP
    seebs> inetd and init?

  /etc/ttys is irrelevant as far as allocation of pseudo-ttys. It just
provides login with a notion of what the default value of $TERM should be.

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