Very Computer

1) make:  on solaris 2.6, this was in /usr/ccs/bin, which now seems to
have only four files in it.

2) man pages:  a whole pile of man pages seem to not have been
installed... my /usr/man directory looks like:

# ls /usr/man
man1    sman3x
#

What have I done wrong with the install?  Am I looking in the wrong
places?  During install, I selected
the option for the entire distribution (without OEM support).  I have
also checked the install log in
/var/sadm/system/logs/install_log - no complaints in there.

Insightful comments and reply by email greatly appreciated.  Thanx in
advance.

Jeremy Yung

Try doing these:

# pkgadd -d <path_to_installtree> SUNWman
# pkgadd -d <path_to_installtree> SUNWdoc
# pkgadd -d <path_to_installtree> SUNWhea
# pkgadd -d <path_to_installtree> SUNWarc
# pkgadd -d <path_to_installtree> SUNWbtool
# pkgadd -d <path_to_installtree> SUNWlibC
# pkgadd -d <path_to_installtree> SUNWlibCf
# pkgadd -d <path_to_installtree> SUNWlibm
# pkgadd -d <path_to_installtree> SUNWlibms
# pkgadd -d <path_to_installtree> SUNWsprot
# pkgadd -d <path_to_installtree> SUNWtoo
# pkgadd -d <path_to_installtree> SUNWdfbh
# pkgadd -d <path_to_installtree> SUNWcg6h

Those are the packages required for manual pages, documentation tools, and
development (no compiler, though...)  Some of those may already be
installed...

Does any of you know any workaround? How can a Solaris machine be
protected from a fork bomb?

Thanx in advance

7.3) How can I restrict the number of processes per user?

    Set the following in /etc/system:

    set maxuprc = <num>

7.4) What purpose does the maxusers variable serve?

    The maxusers variable has nothing to do with the number of
    user allowed on a system.  It's one big knob that scales a number
    of other parameters simultaneously.  The standard settings and
    derivations are more or less as follows, using /etc/system syntax:

        * The big knob, scales automatically
        set maxusers = <amount of available physical memory in MB>

        * Maximum number of allowable processes; currently at most 30000
        set max_nprocs = 10 + 16 * maxusers

        * Max processes per user (5 are reserved for the super user)
        set maxuprc = max_nprocs - 5;

        * Number of quota structures (need one per user per filesystem
        * w/ quotas)
        set ndquot = maxusers * NMOUNT / 4 + max_nprocs

        * Maximum size of the directory name lookup cache (DNLC)
        set ncsize = 4 * (max_nprocs + maxusers) + 320
        set ufs_ninode = ncsize

    --- end of excerpt from the FAQ

Questions marked with a * or + have been changed or added since
the FAQ was last posted

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