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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
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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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