[KLUG Members] samba max number of connections

[Todd Pillars]

John Bridleman wrote:
> I'm running a really old version of samba [in the status screen via swat it says 2.2.7-security-rollup-fix]. I know it's time to upgrade.
> 
> I just started to run into a problem that I wonder if I can work around until I get a chance to upgrade this box. When attempting to map a drive on an XP box I get this message:
> 
> 
>>System error 71 has occurred.
>>
>>No more connections can be made to this remote computer at 
>>this time because there are already as many connections as the computer 
>>can accept.
> 
> 
> Is there a setting I can check/change to allow more connections? 
This is old but a "solution" is alluded to,
http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2002-October/054546.html

<snip>
The limit is hardcoded in the source and is 128 from 2.2.3a
and onwards.
</snip>

Hope this helps
Todd