AFAIK
hard means that is the absolute max amount of (in my case) open files
soft means that the user will default to that amount.
So fo example my requirement was that the user account would have 8096 files
open, rather than setting the hard to 8096 and then requiring that the user
"ulimit -n 8096" from the default 1024, I put in the soft setting to 8096.
When I log on as a user and type ulimit -a I get the desired result.
Hope this helps
Richard
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Logan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 2:56 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: Re: Automatically configure ulimit -SOLVED
On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 12:34:35PM -0800, Richard Wilson wrote:
> There is a way to configure this.
> see /ect/security/limits.conf
>
> This is handled by a PAM during authentication.
Great, thanks.
Now can anyone explain the difference between "hard" and "soft"
limits?
Thanks,
Ben
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