Thanks for the info, the default ptys for the enterprise kernel is 2048
so that's not the problem.  Now on to the open file descriptors
suggestion from Mike.

On Tue, 2001-12-11 at 10:14, Robert Dege wrote:
> 2 possbilities:
> 
> 1) xinetd can control the amount of TCP connection for any service that
> runs under it (/etc/xinetd.d/)  Again, this ONLY affects programs that
> allow xinetd to control the service.
> 
> 2) ptys.  By default I believe that Redhat's kernel is configured for
> 512, but it you build a kernel from source, the default is 256.  This
> could also be causing your restriction.  You can check the number ptys
> by doing a `dmesg`, or more /var/log/dmesg.
> 
> -Rob
> 
> 
> 
> > This is something that I should know but don't, and can't find info on
> > either.  One of the other admins here is working on a Lotus Domino
> > server on RH7.2.  It's only allowing 300 connections, the software
> > vendor of the application that runs on notes, (not IBM itself) is saying
> > it's Linux that's limiting the TCP connections.  
> > 
> > I don't think this is the case, because I've never come across any
> > setting to limit connections in linux it's always in the application
> > configurations.
> > 
> > So I'm asking, is there a default limit to the number of TCP connections
> > the kernel can make, if there is I'm sure it's much much higher than
> > 300.  If there is a limit, I'd assume it's something that needs to be
> > set at compile time or with a boot parameter?
> > 
> > 
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