Oracle® Solaris 11.2 Tunable Parameters Reference Manual

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Updated: December 2014
 
 

pt_pctofmem

Description

Specifies the maximum percentage of physical memory that can be consumed by data structures to support /dev/pts entries. A system consumes 176 bytes per /dev/pts entry.

Data Type

Unsigned integer

Default

5

Range

0 to 100

Units

Percentage

Dynamic?

No

Validation

None

When to Change

When you want to either restrict or increase the number of users who can log in to the system. A value of zero means that no remote users can log in to the system.

Commitment Level

Unstable