> Hmm. In my (not all *that* broad) experience, lp is the normal username > for running the lp subsystem on SYSV systems, but RH runs things like > this as daemon. Certainly that's how lpd runs on our RH (6.2) system. > But I see that there is a user lp, and <writes small test program> > it doesn't look as though it has any special limit on # processes. > (Limit is set to 2048, AFAICS.) > > I haven't ever had to play with process limits under RH, and I don't > know off hand how they're set. I trust someone more knowledgeable > will tell us both, soon.
I have tried a simple test today (su lp, fork, fork, fork...) and I can confirm that there is no limit that would cause problems. Unfortunately I can't experiment too much on the affected system, because it's a running server with clients 24H/day, but I'll try something. Tomas Pluskal ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
