[Samba] limits question

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, William Jojo wrote:

> 
> 
> what do the following values in local.h do with respect to a single smbd
> or are they absolute limits? please explain...
> 
> #define MAX_DIRECTORY_HANDLES 2048
> 
> #define MAX_OPEN_DIRECTORIES 256
> 
> #define MAX_OPEN_PIPES 2048

single smbd limits.  Mostly upper boundaries on internal data structures.
Also prevent DoS attacks from clients wanting to consume all the memory on 
the server.




cheers, jerry
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