If you've got a spare box to test on, you could try increasing the
MAX_NR_CONSOLES in tty.h for your kernel and then recompiling.
~M


On 17 Sep 2002, Bill Warner wrote:

> It seems the kernel has a limit on the Unix98 ptys to 2048.  We have a
> server that needs to have ~3000 telnet sessions running due to tripling
> capacity.  Is there any way to get this many telnet sessions into a
> linux box?
>
> Thanks
> Bill
>
> PS I know the bad parts of using telnet.  There has been great care
> taken to restrict users to a single application and there is only
> minimal chance of getting any more access from a standard username and
> password.
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