[SunHELP] I run out of ptys

Chanaka Mendis sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Wed Dec 6 21:02:27 CST 2000


Wolfgang Engelien wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> 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.
>
> Thanks,
> Wolfgang
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In the /etc/systems file insert

set pt_cnt=<number of PTYs>


then reboot

/Gayantha




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