Sets the interactive limit (number of interactive users allowed on the system), or displays the interactive limit and the current number of interactive users.

Requires OPER (operator) privilege to set the login limit.

Format

SET LOGINS

Parameters

None.

Description

The SET LOGINS command is not retroactive. All users logged in to the system before you enter the SET LOGINS command are not affected by the command; however, once the limit you set is reached, no more users can log in to the system until someone else logs out. Users with the OPER privilege are not affected by the limit.

If you do not specify a parameter value with the /INTERACTIVE=n qualifier, the SET LOGINS command displays the following information:

Login quotas - Interactive limit=x, Current interactive value=y

The value x represents the current interactive limit, and the value y represents the number of users currently logged in to the system.

Qualifier

/INTERACTIVE[=n]

Establishes the number of interactive users allowed to gain access to the system. If the parameter n is specified, the interactive limit is set to the value n. If the parameter n is not specified, the SET LOGINS command displays the current interactive limit and the number of interactive users.

Examples

$ SET LOGINS/INTERACTIVE=5
%SET-I-INTSET, login interactive limit=5, current interactive value=3
      

In this example, the SET LOGINS command specifies that only five interactive users can be logged in to the system.

$ SET LOGINS/INTERACTIVE
%SET-I-INTSET, login interactive limit=9, current interactive value=6
      

When the SET LOGINS command is entered without a parameter, as shown in this example, the /INTERACTIVE qualifier requests that the current status of the login quotas be displayed. The message returned indicates that the maximum number of interactive users allowed on the system is 9 and that the number of interactive users currently logged in is 6. No change is made.