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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