Terminal - login: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable.

I use Terminal to log in remotely to some off-site unix servers. Previously, I could open several terminal shells at once, but lately if I try to open more than one, I get this message: <login: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable>. Any ideas how to fix this? There was a suggestion here: http://ruminate.net/pdm/mt/osx_tips/os_x_tiger_104_process_limitssolution.html but I'm not sure how to implement it. Thanks for any help.
iMac (G5)   Mac OS X (10.4.5)  

Dafydd,
you should first edit /etc/launchd.conf and then add the line "limit maxproc 512 2048" inside the file.
From the terminal: sudo vi /etc/launchd.conf
add the line, save the file and exit vi (or any other editor).
To make sure that the changes are working, run "launchctl limit" before and after editing the file.
Mihalis.
Dual G5 @ 2GHz   Mac OS X (10.4.5)  

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                 sed            close    9     12  Bad file number                 
                 sed            ioctl   22     12  Invalid argument                
                 sed             read    9     12  Bad file number                 
                  sh           llseek   29     13  Illegal seek                            
               xntpd       sigsuspend    4     26  interrupted system call         
               poold    lwp_cond_wait   62     27  timer expired                   
                  sh            ioctl   22     30  Invalid argument                
              oracle            ioctl    6     31  No such device or address               
              oracle             open    2     31  No such file or directory               
              oracle          setpgrp    1     31  Not super-user                  
             tnslsnr      getpeername  134     31  Socket is not connected
             tnslsnr          setpgrp    1     31  Not super-user                  
              oracle           semsys   11     34  Resource temporarily unavailable
                init          pollsys    4     35  interrupted system call         
                  sh          waitsys   10     51  No children                             
                java    lwp_cond_wait   62     52  timer expired                   
             tnslsnr           access    2     62  No such file or directory               
                init            ioctl   25     70  Inappropriate ioctl for device  
           in.mpathd          pollsys    4     74  interrupted system call         
              oracle            mkdir   17     76  File exists                             
              oracle             read    4     89  interrupted system call         
              oracle           shmsys    2     93  No such file or directory               
              oracle            ioctl   25    133  Inappropriate ioctl for device  
              oracle           access    2    217  No such file or directory               
              oracle          pollsys    4    401  interrupted system call         
              oracle             stat    2  13609  No such file or directory               
              oracle          recvmsg   11  36121  Resource temporarily unavailable Thanks,
    Jess

    Im an Oracle guy - not the SA type -
    But on ours - the SA configured this cluster incorrectly. We use veritas. instead of making ipmp groups for the interfaces - he built the cluster according to veritas docs. That is - he has two publics - on difference interfaces and different privates on different interfaces. oracle can only two interfaces - no matter if its a ipmp group or a device name. one is used for private- the other is used for public - So sure the veritas cluster filesystems will survive - but the Oracle Cluster will not - nodes will reboot -
    Is your system set up incorrectly as i described above? if it is - a quick test would be - turn down the other interfaces - and only leave the two interfaces you mention above up that you configured for Oracle CRS
    This other sharp sa was able to go through the arp table and see duplicate IPs - and the routing was attempted via an interface that oracle doesnt see. You can not define two different interfaces public - and two different interfaces for private -

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