Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 4 Oct 2000 18:28:34 +0200 (CEST) | From | Michael van den broek <> | Subject | Re: 32-bit pid_t / security |
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On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Brett Frankenberger wrote: > > > > > > > S/390 folks run 70,000 sessions active within the same 60 second period off > > > one big box. Not on Linux (yet ;)) but its worth bearing in mind. > > > > Linux 2.2.17 only allows 255 processes at any one time. Is this a > 'feature'. If so, there is no security to be gained by having 32-bit > pids wrap at 32-bits. Note they already are 32 bits. >
Hya,
Did you raise the max process ulimit ?,
the standard limit is: 256 processes
greets,
Michael
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