maxusers (Solaris 7 Release)

Description

The maxusers parameter drives max_nprocs and maxuprc.

Data Type

Signed integer

Default

Lesser of the amount of memory in Mbytes and 1024

Range

1 to 2048

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Note –

Values greater than 1024 must be specified in /etc/system. If a value greater than 2048 is provided, calculations clamps the value at 2048, but later processing sets the value to the provided value.

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Units

Users

Dynamic?

No. After computation of dependent variables is done, maxusers is never referenced again.

Validation

None

When to Change

If the default number of user processes derived by the system is insufficient. This insufficiency is seen by the following messages on the system console or messages file.

out of processes

Commitment Level

Unstable