On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 04:57:34PM -0600, Debian User wrote:
> > My questions are:
> >
> > 1) Is this limit established by the kernel, or the shell.
> The limit is definitly extablished by the kernel
> The operating system controls and schedules the processes
>
> > 2) Given the answer to 1), what is the best way to re-set it to
> > 1024 reliably--meaning that I need to do this currently to 10
> > machines, then over the next couple months roll this out across 80
> > or 90 machines.
>
> I've never actually had to do this so I'll point to where I believe
> you can do this
> Have a look at /etc/security/limits.conf
> I think
> * soft nproc 1024
> will do what you need
> I hope this helps
Yes, I found this about an hour after sending the email.
This is exactly the file that needs changing. Now I can get 900
apache's running at once...
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