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From: Florida Boy <ltaylor@nwlink.com>
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Subject: Out of Processes
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 15:39:05 -0700
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FreeBSD 2.1.release
16  MB of physical RAM
128 MB of swamp
1   GB drive


After about 32-40 processes, my machine claims "no more processes" for
each user.  I've adjusted maxusers in the kernel conf file to 64, so I
thought I had circumvented this.  Any suggestions or helpful hints where
else to look?