docs/85733: FAQ should point to /boot/loader.conf for changing kern.maxproc

Daniel Gerzo danger at rulez.sk
Sat Sep 24 12:20:23 UTC 2005


The following reply was made to PR docs/85733; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Daniel Gerzo <danger at rulez.sk>
To: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org, B.Candler at pobox.com
Cc:  
Subject: Re: docs/85733: FAQ should point to /boot/loader.conf for changing kern.maxproc
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 14:13:26 +0200

 I think this should be proper diff:
 
 --- book.sgml.orig	Sat Sep 24 12:58:51 2005
 +++ book.sgml	Sat Sep 24 14:09:07 2005
 @@ -3313,8 +3313,12 @@
  
            <para>If your machine is lightly loaded, and you are simply
              running a very large number of processes, you can adjust
 -            this with the <varname>kern.maxproc</varname> sysctl.  If
 -            these processes are being run by a single user, you will
 +            this with the <varname>kern.maxproc</varname> tunable.  If
 +            you want to adjust this tunable, you will need to set this
 +            in <filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename> and reboot.  For
 +            more information about tuning tunables, you should see the
 +            &man.loader.conf.5; and &man.sysctl.conf.5; manual pages.
 +            If these processes are being run by a single user, you will
              also need to adjust <varname>kern.maxprocperuid</varname>
              to be one less than your new
              <varname>kern.maxproc</varname> value.  (It must be at
 @@ -3322,9 +3326,10 @@
              must always be running.)</para>
  
            <para>To make a sysctl permanent across reboots, set this in
 -            <filename>/etc/sysctl.conf</filename> in recent versions
 -            of FreeBSD, or <filename>/etc/rc.local</filename> in older
 -            versions.</para>
 +            <filename>/etc/sysctl.conf</filename>.  More information
 +            about tuning with sysctl can be found at <ulink
 +            url="&url.books.handbook;/configtuning-sysctl.html">Tuning
 +            with sysctl</ulink> section of the Handbook.</para>
          </answer>
        </qandaentry>
  
 
 -- 
 Sincerely,
    Daniel Gerzo



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