[lug] setting # of tcp connections

[John Hernandez]

You may be able to gleen something from
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/socket.h

Also try the manual pages for listen(2) and tcp(7)

socket.h defines stuff like:

/* Maximum queue length specifiable by listen.  */
#define SOMAXCONN       128

Is that what you're looking for?  I'm no kernel hack, but I wouldn't
assume that it's helpful (or even safe) to increase this parameter
without doing some research first.

Erick Bodine wrote:
> 
> 
> Does anyone out there know if there is a way to configure the number
> of socket (tcp) connections on a Linux box running RH 6.2?   I am not
> terribly familliar w. how sockets work on Linux but I was able to
> change this parameter in SCO; which thankfully, we are moving away
> from.  I thought that I might be able to use sysctl to configure
> something in /proc/sys at runtime but nothing looks like it might do
> the trick.
> 
> --Erick Bodine

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