Path: utzoo!attcan!darkover!nebulus!root
From: root@nebulus.UUCP (Dennis S. Breckenridge)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: unlimited vs. 1-2 users
Message-ID: <1990Feb6.231100.555@nebulus.UUCP>
Date: 6 Feb 90 23:11:00 GMT
References: <=.F1X5Gxds13@ficc.uu.net> <983@fiver.UUCP> <1142@pmafire.UUCP> <5079@ur-cc.UUCP>
Reply-To: root@nebulus.UUCP (Dennis S. Breckenridge)
Organization: Alchemy Mindworks, Toronto, Canada
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In article <5079@ur-cc.UUCP> fraize@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu (Scott Fraize) writes:
> Technically, what to vendors typically do to their unix to limit the
> number of users on on a machine?

They used to hook login to count the number of users logged in and 
refuse to run if that number was exceeded. I understand that they
are getting better at the game and provide a system call to the 
application that checks how many users are running and the application
dumps. BOO HISS!!!!!
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NAME:     Dennis S. Breckenridge                 UUCP: dennis@nebulus
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