Solaris 8 maximum process id number

From: Smoko Mr Charles (SMOKOCH_at_usmc-mccs.org)
Date: 01/29/04

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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 08:49:54 -0500

    I was wondering if the maximum process id number (maxpid) for
    Solaris 8 could be changed. It appears that that processes
    numbers cycle at 29999. Not that it matters; I think Linux uses
    somewhere around 64k for the max process id number. We have an
    application that uses the pid when generating temporary files and
    recompiling is not an easy option. Setting a maxpid of 64k or
    more would help. I found this doc at sun's documentation site
    that mentions maxpid, but I cannot find any that mention changing
    it.

    http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/806-7009/6jftnqsk5?q=maxpid&a=view

    It does seem silly that the pid's are restricted to such a narrow
    range. I speculate may be a backwards compatibility issue so
    that apps that used a signed short int for the pid will not have
    to be recompiled.

    Thanks in advance and I will summarize,
    chuck
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