From: Smoko Mr Charles (SMOKOCH@usmc-mccs.org)
Date: Thu Jan 29 2004 - 08:49:54 EST
I was wondering if the maximum process id number (maxpid) for
Solaris 8 could be changed. It appears that that processes
numbers cycle at 29999. Not that it matters; I think Linux uses
somewhere around 64k for the max process id number. We have an
application that uses the pid when generating temporary files and
recompiling is not an easy option. Setting a maxpid of 64k or
more would help. I found this doc at sun's documentation site
that mentions maxpid, but I cannot find any that mention changing
it.
http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/806-7009/6jftnqsk5?q=maxpid&a=view
It does seem silly that the pid's are restricted to such a narrow
range. I speculate may be a backwards compatibility issue so
that apps that used a signed short int for the pid will not have
to be recompiled.
Thanks in advance and I will summarize,
chuck
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