diff --git a/sys/conf/NOTES b/sys/conf/NOTES
index c6ffc9baa1f2..f961b0a3b829 100644
--- a/sys/conf/NOTES
+++ b/sys/conf/NOTES
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 #	This kernel is NOT MEANT to be runnable!
 #
-#	$Id: LINT,v 1.110 1994/11/27 14:59:54 ats Exp $
+#	$Id: LINT,v 1.111 1994/12/03 00:17:54 wollman Exp $
 #
 
 #
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ ident		LINT
 #
 maxusers	10
 
+#
+# Under some circumstances it is necessary to make the default max
+# number of proccesses per user and open files per user more than the
+# defaults on bootup.  (an example is a large news server in which
+# the uid, news, can sometimes need > 100 simultaneous processes running)
+options		"CHILD_MAX=128"
+options		"OPEN_MAX=128"
+
 #
 # A math emulator is mandatory if you wish to run on hardware which
 # does not have a floating-point processor.  Pick either the original,
diff --git a/sys/i386/conf/LINT b/sys/i386/conf/LINT
index c6ffc9baa1f2..f961b0a3b829 100644
--- a/sys/i386/conf/LINT
+++ b/sys/i386/conf/LINT
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 #	This kernel is NOT MEANT to be runnable!
 #
-#	$Id: LINT,v 1.110 1994/11/27 14:59:54 ats Exp $
+#	$Id: LINT,v 1.111 1994/12/03 00:17:54 wollman Exp $
 #
 
 #
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ ident		LINT
 #
 maxusers	10
 
+#
+# Under some circumstances it is necessary to make the default max
+# number of proccesses per user and open files per user more than the
+# defaults on bootup.  (an example is a large news server in which
+# the uid, news, can sometimes need > 100 simultaneous processes running)
+options		"CHILD_MAX=128"
+options		"OPEN_MAX=128"
+
 #
 # A math emulator is mandatory if you wish to run on hardware which
 # does not have a floating-point processor.  Pick either the original,
diff --git a/sys/i386/conf/NOTES b/sys/i386/conf/NOTES
index c6ffc9baa1f2..f961b0a3b829 100644
--- a/sys/i386/conf/NOTES
+++ b/sys/i386/conf/NOTES
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 #	This kernel is NOT MEANT to be runnable!
 #
-#	$Id: LINT,v 1.110 1994/11/27 14:59:54 ats Exp $
+#	$Id: LINT,v 1.111 1994/12/03 00:17:54 wollman Exp $
 #
 
 #
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ ident		LINT
 #
 maxusers	10
 
+#
+# Under some circumstances it is necessary to make the default max
+# number of proccesses per user and open files per user more than the
+# defaults on bootup.  (an example is a large news server in which
+# the uid, news, can sometimes need > 100 simultaneous processes running)
+options		"CHILD_MAX=128"
+options		"OPEN_MAX=128"
+
 #
 # A math emulator is mandatory if you wish to run on hardware which
 # does not have a floating-point processor.  Pick either the original,
diff --git a/sys/sys/syslimits.h b/sys/sys/syslimits.h
index 2f381e01d3ec..2dc7a5bc3451 100644
--- a/sys/sys/syslimits.h
+++ b/sys/sys/syslimits.h
@@ -31,20 +31,24 @@
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  *
  *	@(#)syslimits.h	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/2/93
- * $Id: syslimits.h,v 1.4 1994/08/08 09:12:43 davidg Exp $
+ * $Id: syslimits.h,v 1.5 1994/08/21 04:41:59 paul Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef _SYS_SYSLIMITS_H_
 #define _SYS_SYSLIMITS_H_
 
 #define	ARG_MAX			65536	/* max bytes for an exec function */
+#ifndef CHILD_MAX
 #define	CHILD_MAX		   40	/* max simultaneous processes */
+#endif
 #define	LINK_MAX		32767	/* max file link count */
 #define	MAX_CANON		  255	/* max bytes in term canon input line */
 #define	MAX_INPUT		  255	/* max bytes in terminal input */
 #define	NAME_MAX		  255	/* max bytes in a file name */
 #define	NGROUPS_MAX		   16	/* max supplemental group id's */
+#ifndef OPEN_MAX
 #define	OPEN_MAX		   64	/* max open files per process */
+#endif
 #define	PATH_MAX		 1024	/* max bytes in pathname */
 #define	PIPE_BUF		  512	/* max bytes for atomic pipe writes */