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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.mindspring.com!usenet From: Ron Bolin <rlb@mindspring.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Can't Fork Process Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1996 06:32:57 -0400 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Lines: 26 Message-ID: <31C29159.237C228A@mindspring.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rlb.mindspring.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE i386) I sometimes get "can't fork process" errors when issuing shell commands under 2.1R. I have explicitly set kernel parameters as follows in rc.local: sysctl -w kern.maxprocperuid=250 sysctl -w kern.maxproc=600 sysctl -w kern.maxfiles=450 I still get the Can't fork errors at times. When I count my processes they are 39-45 and system processes are 79-89. When I su to root it I don't get these errors. Is this a bug or do I need to set another kernel parameter? Thank's in advance. PS: System 133MZ Pentium (Tyan 1462)e/w 64MB RAM, Adaptec 2940W, ATI Mach64 Turbo Pro, and SCSI everything else except for my NE2000+. Ron -- **************************************************************************** Ron Bolin: rlb@mindspring.com gs01rlb@panther.gsu.edu * GSU CS Grad Student:http://www2.gsu.edu/~gs01rlb/ * Home: 770-992-8877 ****************************************************************************