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NIS error help

 
Amit Manna_6
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‎05-31-2004 10:20 PM - last edited on ‎09-16-2024 02:22 AM by

‎05-31-2004 10:20 PM - last edited on ‎09-16-2024 02:22 AM by

NIS error help

Hi,

I get the error in Syslog:

sd1 nisd[29848]: [ID 357067 daemon.warning] Couldn't fork a process!


Please help
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Rajesh D L
Frequent Advisor

‎05-31-2004 10:23 PM

‎05-31-2004 10:23 PM

Re: NIS error help

Hi,

You have to increase the value of the kernel parameter "nproc" it seems...

regards,
RDL.
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Manish Srivastava
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‎05-31-2004 10:26 PM

‎05-31-2004 10:26 PM

Re: NIS error help

Hi,

This can happen in cases when the number of processess exeeds maxuprc or when you run out of swap sapce to create a new process.
You can check/increase maxuprc tunable to sort out the problem.

manish.
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