max connections (S) This option allows the number of simultaneous connections to a service to be limited. If max connections is greater than 0 then connections will be refused if this number of connections to the service are already open. A value of zero mean an unlimited number of connections may be made. Record lock files are used to implement this feature. The lock files will be stored in the directory specified by the lock directory option. Default: max connections = 0 Example: max connections = 10