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@ -503,12 +503,17 @@ cpu EV5</programlisting>
<secondary>maxusers</secondary>
</indexterm>
<programlisting>maxusers 32</programlisting>
<programlisting>maxusers <replaceable>n</replaceable></programlisting>
<para>The <literal>maxusers</literal> option sets the size of a number
of important system tables. This number is supposed to be roughly
equal to the number of simultaneous users you expect to have on your
machine. However, under normal circumstances, you will want to set
machine.</para>
<para>Starting with FreeBSD 4.5, the system will auto-tune this setting
for you if you explicitly set it to <literal>0</literal>. If you are
using an earlier version of FreeBSD, or you want to manage it
yourself you will want to set
<literal>maxusers</literal> to at least 4, especially if you are
using the X Window System or compiling software. The reason is that
the most important table set by <literal>maxusers</literal> is the