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Operating Systems SCO -sh: fork failed - too many processes in sco unix 5.0.5 Post 302436767 by njoroge on Tuesday 13th of July 2010 05:56:23 AM
Old 07-13-2010
Question -sh: fork failed - too many processes in sco unix 5.0.5

Dear experts,

I have done a re-installation of sco unix openserver 5.0.5 and managed to create users. The problem am facing is that of one user logging in more than 5 times. How can i overcome this problem. the system give the error below.
-sh: fork failed - too many processes in sco unix 5.0.5. how do i change the parameters to accept more users.

Regards,

Njoroge Joseph
 

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WHO(1)									FSF								    WHO(1)

NAME
who - show who is logged on SYNOPSIS
who [OPTION]... [ FILE | ARG1 ARG2 ] DESCRIPTION
-a, --all same as -b -d --login -p -r -t -T -u -b, --boot time of last system boot -d, --dead print dead processes -H, --heading print line of column headings -i, --idle add idle time as HOURS:MINUTES, . or old (deprecated, use -u) --login print system login processes (equivalent to SUS -l) -l, --lookup attempt to canonicalize hostnames via DNS (-l is deprecated, use --lookup) -m only hostname and user associated with stdin -p, --process print active processes spawned by init -q, --count all login names and number of users logged on -r, --runlevel print current runlevel -s, --short print only name, line, and time (default) -t, --time print last system clock change -T, -w, --mesg add user's message status as +, - or ? -u, --users list users logged in --message same as -T --writable same as -T --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit If FILE is not specified, use /var/run/utmp. /var/log/wtmp as FILE is common. If ARG1 ARG2 given, -m presumed: `am i' or `mom likes' are usual. AUTHOR
Written by Joseph Arceneaux, David MacKenzie, and Michael Stone. REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>. COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU- LAR PURPOSE. SEE ALSO
The full documentation for who is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and who programs are properly installed at your site, the command info who should give you access to the complete manual. who (coreutils) 4.5.3 February 2003 WHO(1)
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