Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site burdvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!akgua!psuvax1!burdvax!coltoff From: coltoff@burdvax.UUCP (Joel Coltoff) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: maxusers in config file Message-ID: <1892@burdvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 10-Jan-85 15:45:30 EST Article-I.D.: burdvax.1892 Posted: Thu Jan 10 15:45:30 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 16-Jan-85 05:37:18 EST Organization: System Development Corporation, Paoli PA Lines: 26 < *********** > A deparate cry for 4.2bsd help, We have maxusers set to 32 in our config file. Today we had 36 people logged in. I've done my best in tracking down what could be going on but I am a hardware jock and can only do so much when it comes to the kernel. Anyway the login program calls a function quota() which is supposed to check to see if you've hit the login limit. This I track down to the qquota() function in /sys/sys/quota_sys.c To my surprise this code does nothing if QUOTA is not defined during compilation. This we had done but login limits and quota limits are two separate things and I expected to see some code after the ifdef. Can somebody ( via mail ) give me an indication as to what might be wrong. This situation can't be good for the machine. I imagine that the maxusers number sets up tables somewhere that have overflowed and steped on some important memory location. It's like trying to jam 12 bits into an 8 bit register. Again please respond by mail. This isn't a group I normally read. Thanks in advance, -- Joel Coltoff {sdcrdcf,bpa,psuvax1}!burdvax!coltoff (215)648-7258