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06-04-2001 12:45 AM
06-04-2001 12:45 AM
Hello,
A user is having a problem logging on. They are getting this message:
Please wait...checking for disk quotas
could not execute quota command
/etc/profile[31]: cannot fork: too many processes
/etc/profile[48]: cannot fork: too many processes
/etc/profile[83]: cannot fork: too many processes
${HOME:-.}/.profile[11]: cannot fork: too many processes
${HOME:-.}/.profile[13]: cannot fork: too many processes
When I first logged in as root /home was 100% full and I cleared some space and it is now 42%.
This looks like it is having trouble opening /etc/profile at login.
Any help would be gratefully accepted.
Regards
Andrew
A user is having a problem logging on. They are getting this message:
Please wait...checking for disk quotas
could not execute quota command
/etc/profile[31]: cannot fork: too many processes
/etc/profile[48]: cannot fork: too many processes
/etc/profile[83]: cannot fork: too many processes
${HOME:-.}/.profile[11]: cannot fork: too many processes
${HOME:-.}/.profile[13]: cannot fork: too many processes
When I first logged in as root /home was 100% full and I cleared some space and it is now 42%.
This looks like it is having trouble opening /etc/profile at login.
Any help would be gratefully accepted.
Regards
Andrew
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06-04-2001 01:17 AM
06-04-2001 01:17 AM
SolutionYouve either hit one of 3 problems;
1. Youre out of swapspace. Do a swapinfo -mt command, how USED is swap ? If really high (50%+) you need to add some more.
2. Youve hit one of 2 kernel parameters, nproc (max processes) or maxuprc (max user processes). Do a ps -e|wc -l to see how many processes running and compare with sysdef | grep nproc, if theyre similar you need to increase nproc. Then check maxuprc (sysdef | grep maxuprc) and for the user getting the error do a ps -fu
Im from Palmerston North, New Zealand, but somehow ended up in London...
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06-04-2001 01:19 AM
06-04-2001 01:19 AM
Re: Problem logging user on
Hi,
if you get "cannot fork: too many processes" it means (probably) that your nproc kernel parameter is set too low, in other words you have reached the limit of system wide processes.
Other possibilities are:
- "maxuprc" kernel parameters : maximum number of processes per user
- one process stuck in a loop a starting new processes over and over again, until nproc is reached.
You can check nproc with "sar -v 1 1" and can change it through SAM, will need a reboot though.
good luck,
Thierry.
if you get "cannot fork: too many processes" it means (probably) that your nproc kernel parameter is set too low, in other words you have reached the limit of system wide processes.
Other possibilities are:
- "maxuprc" kernel parameters : maximum number of processes per user
- one process stuck in a loop a starting new processes over and over again, until nproc is reached.
You can check nproc with "sar -v 1 1" and can change it through SAM, will need a reboot though.
good luck,
Thierry.
All unix flavours are exactly the same . . . . . . . . . . for end users anyway.
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06-04-2001 01:28 AM
06-04-2001 01:28 AM
Re: Problem logging user on
Thank You very much. It was the maxurpc. I will extend it.
Thanks again
Andrew
Thanks again
Andrew
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