i wrote this two lines:
* hard nofile 10240 * soft nofile 10240 in /etc/security/limits.conf, reboot but its now working. On k, 2010-01-26 at 17:03 -0500, Stephen Powell wrote: > On 2010-01-26 at 16:44:33 -0500, Stephen Powell wrote: > > In /etc/security/limits.conf, add the following line: > > > > database hard nofile 10240 > > > > In /home/database/.bash_profile add the following line: > > > > ulimit -n 10240 > > I just thought of another way, which I think is even better. > In /etc/security/limits.conf, add *two* lines, in this order: > > database hard nofile 10240 > database soft nofile 10240 > > That way, you don't have to mess with a bash profile. And it > should affect daemons too, without modifying their startup > scripts. If you want the change to affect all users, change > the word "database" to an asterisk (*). If you want it to > affect all members of a group, use an "at sign" (@) in front > of the group name, such as @sys. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Sent: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:44:33 -0500 (EST) > Subject: Re: how to set permanent ulimit > > On 2010-01-26 at 15:53:37 -0500, Vadkan Jozsef wrote: > > so the question still is: how can I set ulimit to be permanent? e.g.: > > 10240 after reboot? :D > > > > there's no way for it?:O > > I believe that Alex and I just told you, in effect. > But if you need detailed instructions, OK. :-( > > First of all, it depends on whether you want this limit changed for > all users, all users of a group, or just one user, such as a database > server's userid. I'll give you an example for a single user. > I hope you can adapt these instructions if that's not the case. > Let's suppose that user "database" needs to be able to open up to > 10240 files at once. > > In /etc/security/limits.conf, add the following line: > > database hard nofile 10240 > > In /home/database/.bash_profile add the following line: > > ulimit -n 10240 > > Now shutdown and reboot. Now, whenever "database" logs in, his > file limit will be 10240. This assumes that the login shell for > database is bash. Of course, if a daemon needs these > privileges, this won't work, since there is no interactive > login shell. You may need to modify the daemon's start-up script > in this case to add the ulimit command. > > If you want the limit to apply to all users, edit /etc/profile > instead of ~/.bash_profile. And in /etc/security/limits.conf, > substitute an asterisk (*) for the userid "database". Again, > this assumes an interactive login shell of bash. Daemons, since they don't > have an interactive login shell, won't execute that ulimit > command. You'll have to find a place to put it. The startup > script in /etc/init.d might be a good place. But watch for > upgrades to the startup script which remove the modification. > If someone else has a better idea for how to implement this, > let me know. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
