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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.telalink.net!telalink!news.sprintlink.net!news-fw-6.sprintlink.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!howland.erols.net!news1.erols.com!news From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: High-end FreeBSD server config suggestions needed please Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 20:41:08 +0000 Organization: Erol's Internet Services Lines: 67 Message-ID: <32484764.56DA@www.play-hookey.com> References: <DxuqK0.ID8@hparc12.aus.hp.com> <323EFEE8.C0B@www.play-hookey.com> <3241D38A.41C67EA6@lespoir.apana.org.au> <51slac$om@anorak.coverform.lan> <Dy7xD3.DKs@hparc12.aus.hp.com> Reply-To: kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; U) M C Wong wrote: > > Brian Somers (brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk) wrote: > : M.C Wong (wongm@lespoir.apana.org.au) wrote: > : : No, this is NOT the parameter I am interested in. There is someone > : : from the hackers list mention about tweaking the kernel configuration > : : to make it support MANY users/processes. It is something involving the > : : part of kernel codes change itself I remember. > > : May I suggest that if you are so sure about where your answer is, > : go there and ask the question. I think it somewhat impolite to shout > : "this is NOT the parameter" ! How about a bit of appreciation... > : try "this isn't exactly what I was after" or "are there any other ways - > : someone on the hackers list said....". I can see where Jordan was > : coming from with is "I'm outta here" post a while ago. > > : What exactly is your problem with the maxusers line ? > > I beg your pardon, but I am NOT shouting out and there is NO implication > of impoliteness or non-appreciation from my part. Since you aimed your original response at me, I feel compelled to speak at this point. First, yes you *were* shouting. Nettiquette is quite clear: all caps, unless called for as in a filename or similar, is considered shouting and is *very* impolite. In the same way, you *are* shouting in the above paragraph. There are better ways to indicate emphasis than all caps. Please learn the rules of politeness before you post again. Second, if you had already adjusted your MAXUSERS line (all caps appropriate here because it is listed that way in the configuration file) before asking for help, you should have said so -- knowing what you have already done can tell those helping you either what you did wrong or that some other parameter must still be adjusted. Since you said nothing about adjustments already made, I couldn't assume any. Thus, I responded with the first place an adjustment should be made. > > Anyway, I don't have any problem with the MAXUSERS line which I have > already been tuning for many versions of FreeBSD, but I remembered > a discussion about a "special" tunning of the kernel stuff for a > super-duper configuration. There are also some per-user process count limitations I have seen mentioned here; I've never had to adjust them because my particular setup works fine in its default mode in that respect. Perhaps someone who mentioned that before will refresh our memories on this score. > > In fact I was on so many FreeBSD mailing lists before until my account > got restricted in quota that I have to unsubscribe from all, that I > may be even indicating hackers list as the wrong source of the discussion > and I think it is far more appropriate to post it to this only group > apart from announce. If I am even sure about the source is from hackers > itself, I would have been able to locate it in the list archive easily. > > : -- > : Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> > : Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... Thanks for the effort, Brian. Even though it may have been wasted... -- Ken Are you interested in | byte-sized education | http://www.play-hookey.com over the Internet? |