[Sunhelp] Ran out of remote ports "/dev/ptmx"

[Brian D. Kohl]

Thanks Richard.  That'll do it.

That rocks.
Brian
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At 10:48 PM 5/20/99 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi Brian,
>Take a look at the Solaris 2 FAQ
>ftp://ftp.wins.uva.nl/pub/solaris/solaris2.html#q3.41
>> Hello all, I have a Sun Ultra 5 running SunOS 5.7 and I have quite a few
>> users logging into it via standard telnet and via Exceed.  Problem is, I've
>> run out of virtual ports it will allow, and so all new attempts to connect
>> remotely via port 23 fail with the error:
>> 
>> "   telnetd:  open /dev/ptmx: No such device    "
>> 
>> If I close out a current telnet session, the next one will connect fine,
>> but the one thereafter gives the same error.  So I have obviously hit some
>> predefined limit, but want to increase this limit (as much as I appreciate
>> the help to not overload the system resources).  The number of port 23
>> sessions is about 48.
>> 
>> Anyone know what to do or what file controls the number of telnet port 23
>> remote connects allowed?
>> 
>> TIA
>> 
>> Brian
>
>--
>Cheers
>Richard.
>=
>Richard Skelton      |   e-mail : Richard.Skelton at brake.demon.co.uk
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