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Article #4104Re: MAXSYMLINKS 8, any way to change this?
From: George Robbins
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1991 03:23
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1991 03:23
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In article <1991Jun11.042421.16669@neon.Stanford.EDU> lma@neon.Stanford.EDU (Larry M. Augustin) writes:
> For some reason, /usr/include/sys/param.h on RISC Ultrix 4.1 sets
> MAXSYMLINKS to 8, instead of 20 as it is in 4.3bsd, VAX Ultrix, SunOS,
> etc.
>
> I need a higher limit. 20 (as with the other OSes) would be nice.
> Unfortunately, I don't have kernel source. I suspect that I need
> vfs_dnlc.c, but like I said, I don't have source so I can't be sure.
>
> If soneone could provide me a patched .o file with the higher limit,
> or suggest a way to raise the limit, I would greatly appreciate it.
Well, it's been increased to 32 in Ultrix 4.2! You could always
upgrade, though I suspect there's a one byte binary patch somewhere
that would also fix the problem...
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!lll-winken!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!widener!dsinc!bagate!cbmvax!grr From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: MAXSYMLINKS 8, any way to change this? Keywords: symbolic link limit, MAXSYMLINKS, kernel Message-ID: <22389@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 13 Jun 91 03:23:44 GMT References: <1991Jun11.042421.16669@neon.Stanford.EDU> Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins) Distribution: comp Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 20