Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!csri.toronto.edu!wayne Newsgroups: comp.os.minix From: wayne@csri.toronto.edu (Wayne Hayes) Subject: Why does everything say "limit of 3 users"? Message-ID: <1990Sep24.213213.26431@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto References: <31178@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <27242@usc.edu> Date: 25 Sep 90 01:32:13 GMT Lines: 16 Why does the Minix documentation still say "Limit of 3 users"? Is there some code hidden somewhere that only allocates only 3 logons or something? What about Gordan's Virtual Consoles? I have logged on as root, wayne, and 2 friends accounts at the same time *and* had someone over the modem *and* the second serial port hooked into my amiga accross the desk (I run Minix on the PC, not the Amiga -- yet.) That's a grand total of 6 simultaneous users with vanilla 1.5 + virtual console. If you have enough serial ports, where's the limit? -- "The number of programs that can be done with the Hubble Space Telescope has always greatly exceeded the time available for their execution, and this remains true even with the telescope in its current state." -- HST Science Working Group and User's Commitee Report, 1990 June 29. Wayne Hayes INTERNET: wayne@csri.utoronto.ca CompuServe: 72401,3525