On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:55:03PM -0700, Bob Beck wrote:
> 2009/11/18 Janusz Gumkowski <[email protected]>:
> >> Is it at all possible to have more than 992 simultaneous authpf users ?
> >>
> >
>
> Yes, use more than one machine.
>
> > Digging out an old post of mine, still not having any real solution
> > but a couple of ugly hacks instead, trying to get rid of them finally.
> >
> > To the point: is allocating a pty for authpf logins really necessary ?
>
> Yes.
>
> > What side-efects can I expect if I disable it ?
>
> Probably bad things.
Wouldn't it be possible to crank the number of ptys? I'm by no means an
expert, but src/sys/kern/tty_pty.c does have some interesting-looking
#defines. (Of course, you'd also have to path libutil and who knows what
else...)
Joachim
