I have been looking for where I can set this setting in (redhat) linux-- anyone have any pointers? ipcs, ipcrm are there, but i don't have an etc/system. very little documentation on this for linux (or bsd) that i could find. Tom At 06:29 PM 12/8/00 +0100, Steven Cotton wrote: >On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Mark Doyle wrote: > >> I suppose the first place to look is to use the Solaris >> commands ipcs and ipcrm... Also, I believe you have to >> update the kernerl parameters for shared memory. The default >> is pretty skimpy. Look at adding things like: >> >> to /etc/system. > >Yes, I have made some changes there. I have: > >set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax = 8388608 >set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni = 10240 >set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg = 512 > >The man page for shmget says that for ENOSPC a shared memory identifier is >to be created but the system imposed limit on the maximum number of >allowed identifiers would be exceeded. I have set shmmni to 102400 and had >the same error. Can I actually see how many identifiers I have at one >time, and which processes are creating them? > >Thanks, > >-- >steven > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]