----- "Marc G. Fournier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Feb 27 04:32:49 mars uptimec: The server requested that we do a new > login > Feb 27 04:33:00 mars kernel: maxproc limit exceeded by uid 0, please > see > tuning(7) and login.conf(5). > Feb 27 04:33:10 mars kernel: maxproc limit exceeded by uid 60, please > see > tuning(7) and login.conf(5). > > Stupid question: why isn't there some mechanism that prevents new > processes > from starting up, instead of locking up the whole server? I'm not > asking for ...
Isn't that what is happening? When maxproc is hit, new processes can't be created. It is harmless, except for the uid that exceeded its process limit. I think the hang is some side-effect. Either because init can't fork a process, therefore there is nothing to login to. Did you try ping the system from remote to really see whether it was a "solid" hang? Or did you just pound on the keyboard? Or it is just a deadlock. That would be a bug. Tom _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
