On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 04:09:08PM +0100, Imre Vida wrote: > this is what i put in there > (these are the default values on my laptop > without any data in /etc/security/limits.conf !!) > > * hard core unlimited > * soft core 0 > * hard data unlimited > * hard nofile 1024 > * hard cpu unlimited > * hard nproc unlimited > * soft nproc 256
> q1: where are the default values set? In limits.conf, the 'soft' limits are the defaults and the 'hard' limits are the maximum that a (non-priviliged) user can increase them to. So, for instance, the configuration you listed above will give users a default limit of 256 processes (soft nproc 256) and you could use ulimit -u to change that limit to be as high (or low) ar you want (hard nproc unlimited). Note that a process can reduce its hard limit as well as its soft limit (but only the soft limit can be increased). > q2: what else do i have to do so that the values > in /etc/security/limits.conf can take effect? The limits.conf above gives you a hard limit of 'unlimited' for CPU time, but the soft limit is left at whatever your shell defaults to. (At least I assume that's where the default comes from...) Try `ulimit -t unlimited` and see if that does it for you. Or, if you want that to be the norm, add a line * soft cpu unlimited to limits.conf. -- When we reduce our own liberties to stop terrorism, the terrorists have already won. - reverius Innocence is no protection when governments go bad. - Tom Swiss
