Thank you Ben, we have tried that here, it seems that /etc/profile runs in the context of the user, I've been told that only the super user can increase default settings.
I will keep you posted on what I find out. regards Richard -----Original Message----- From: Ben Logan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 1:43 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: Automatically configure ulimit On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 11:31:35AM -0800, Richard Wilson wrote: > I'm trying to configure a set of RH 7.2 machines to default to a specific > number of files that can be opened. How would I configure this so the > environment is set at boot time? There is a 'ulimit' line in /etc/profile on my system (Redhat 7.1). You could tweak that. Of course, I guess that it only applies to those running Bash as a shell. I've wondered myself if there is a way to set those at a kernel level. Regards, Ben -- Ben Logan: ben at wblogan dot net OpenPGP Key KeyID: A1ADD1F0 Pain is a thing of the mind. The mind can be controlled. -- Spock, "Operation -- Annihilate!" stardate 3287.2 _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list