[H-GEN] Number of 'named' processes spawned?

[Robert Kearey]

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Tony Melia (DMS) wrote:

> How do I limit the number of 'named' processes spawned by the Caching 
> name server in RH 7.2?  It has spawned 5, they take about 5M each, but I 
> only need 1 or 2 since we have very few users.  Checked config files and 
> google groups, but nothing listed.

Do you mean nscd? That's the name-service caching daemon, not be be 
confused with a caching nameserver package, which is just a default 
caching config for bind.

It's a very frugal service, hardly worth the worry, but if you insist a 
quick look at /etc/nscd.conf will give you the info you need.

> Tony Melia MCSE, MCP, MCP+I

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