Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!ogcvax!omsvax!icalqa!hplabs!sri-unix!drockwel@bbn-vax From: drockwel%bbn-vax@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: system problem Message-ID: <3517@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 27-Jul-83 17:16:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.3517 Posted: Wed Jul 27 17:16:00 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Aug-83 06:25:56 EDT Lines: 12 From: Dennis RockwellJust like it says, you are running out of proc table slots (a proc table slot is required for each process in the system). There are two possibilities here: 1) you may be running a kernel that isn't configured for enough users; you should increase the "maxusers" parameter in your configuration file. 2) you have a process which is forking uncontrollably. In this case, all you have to do is track it down and stop it (preferably at the source; usually a student either playing with multi-processing or trying to crash the system). The very last proc table slot is reserved for root; log in as root and run ps to find the culprit.