> > > To anyone interested in this -- > > The problem was not related to the kernel, but to ulimit. > /etc/login.defs has ULIMIT set to 1GB for some reason. However, it is > not clear to me why some accounts use this value, while other accounts > ignore it.
Just guessing: do they use different shells? Eric Meijer -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .