SUMMARY: Too many users [2]

• To: alpha-osf-managers@xxxxxxxx
• Subject: SUMMARY: Too many users [2]
• From: r.evans@xxxxxxxx
• Date: Wed, 8 Jun 1994 14:13:35 +0100 (BST)

I've been asked to provide an updated summary, seeing as my original
didn't state the problem that it was about. I'm all too happy to do this
as it gives me the chance to thank the folks whose replies reached me
after the original summary. As the saying goes; Summarize in haste, repent
in leisure. :-)

PROBLEM
=======

I was getting the message:

Too many users logged on already.
Try again later.

When connecting over the network to a DEC OSF/1 V2.0 box that had been
installed with a home-brew script. All the licences appeared to be
correct, and fiddling with OSF-BASE had no effect.

SOLUTION
========

Installing things with setld creates a /upgrade0 file, but no /upgrade
file. When booting, the kernel checks for this file and sets the parameter
"tta" to 2 if it doesn't exist, and "0" if it does (or possibly reads the
value from /upgrade, I'm not quite sure). This limits the number of
simultaneous logins.

Hard linking (I didn't try soft-linking) /upgrade0 to /upgrade and
rebooting solved the problem completely, my suspicions about lmf were
a red herring.

THANKS
======

Thanks to all the following who responded. The first two hit the nail
on the head firmly and squarely.

	Stephen Carpenter <sac@xxxxxxxxxxx>
	Birgit Schiefer <birgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
	Eric Moore <moore@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
	Lawrence MacIntyre <LPZ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
	alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
	Ken Teh <teh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
	Simon Lai <sjlai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
	Anthony Baxter <anthony@xxxxxxxxxx>
	Ezra Peisach <epeisach@xxxxxxx>
	Jan Henriksen <Jan.Berger.Henriksen@xxxxxxxxx>
	Harald Lundberg <hl@xxxxxxxx>
	Rudolf Gabler <rug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
Robert

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