Re: ulimit numbers

[Fredrik Henbjork <frehe491_(_at_)_student_(_dot_)_liu_(_dot_)_se>]

ryc <ryc_(_at_)_mail_(_dot_)_utexas_(_dot_)_edu> wrote:
> When using /bin/sh as my shell, I get the following numbers from ulimit:
> 
> # ulimit -a
> time(cpu-seconds)    unlimited
> file(blocks)         unlimited
> coredump(blocks)     unlimited
> data(kbytes)         65536
> stack(kbytes)        4096
> lockedmem(kbytes)    59340
> memory(kbytes)       178020
> nofiles(descriptors) 64
> processes            80
> 
> I am wondering where these numbers come from, I have greped around in /etc
> and briefly looked over the sysctl man page but couldn't find where I could
> change these numbers. I have a few mantainence tools that require more
> memory that what the current cap of 64megs allows (the box has 1gig of ram).
> How can I get around this limit besides running the tools as root?
> 
> thanks,
> ryan

man ulimit
man login.conf

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