AFAIK, there is no system wide hard limit. The limitations are usually based around the specific server being accessed, and the overall pool of system resources.
I wouldnt' be at all surprised if dnews allows you to set a limit on the number of simultaneous connections. On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, [x-user-defined] toylet.linux[�p���N] wrote: > > is there a maximum connection limit in the networking services of linux? > how could I find out all these limits? > /usr/src/linux/include/limits.h? > > a friend of mine running a public news server using dnews on freebsd. > and I constantly hit an error message "800 simultaneous connections > exceeded". > > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
