[SunHELP] I run out of ptys

Wolfgang Engelien sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Tue Dec 5 18:11:56 CST 2000


>> I run out of ptys on a 1Gb-RAM U2 with Sol7.
>> When I understand the docu correctly, there
>> is no hard limit on the number of ptys
>> available. During the bootup memory space is
>> allocated for the ptys (a few kb per pty),
>> only dependent on the total amount of RAM
>> the computer has. With one Gb I should not
>> run in any of this. What's wrong with my
>> understanding?
>>
>> Anybody any ideas please.

>http://www.unixguide.net/sun/manager/6.6.shtml.

This reference recomends to set the pt_cnt value
in /etc/system. I have set that value
set pt_cnt=2000
rebootet with -r option, but no change.
do I need white spaces aroud the '='-sign?

Thanks,
Wolfgang




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