> On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, System Administrator wrote:
>
> >
> > i ran that as a normal user with only the shell and ssh open and it only
> > got to 26.
>
> Hi,
>
> You maybe have ulimit set very low? (Debian distro?)
>
this was asked before *smile*
caldera openlinux 1.1, libc 5.4.38, gcc 2.7.2.1
[admin@cygnus admin]$ ulimit -a
core file size (blocks) 0
data seg size (kbytes) unlimited
file size (blocks) unlimited
max memory size (kbytes) unlimited
stack size (kbytes) 8192
cpu time (seconds) unlimited
max user processes 256
pipe size (512 bytes) 8
open files 1024
virtual memory (kbytes) 2105343
[admin@cygnus admin]$ ps aux | grep admin | wc -l
4
[admin@cygnus admin]$ ./fork
...
Forks = 37
[admin@cygnus admin]$ ps aux | wc -l
472
I dont know if any of this helps
-Cygnus
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Anthony J. Biacco Network Administrator/Engineer
admin@intergrafix.net Intergrafix Internet Services
"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today"
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