how program can use more than 256 processes

Hello all, i have following problem maximum limit of processes is 256 for any user kernel supports up to 1024 (kernel 2.2) how i can make user to have more than 256 processes in fact i need it for mysql ulimit in shell and set it in /etc/limits.conf dont work. any ideas Best regards, Geo

how program can use more than 256 processes

Hello all, i have following problem maximum limit of processes is 256 for any user kernel supports up to 1024 (kernel 2.2) how i can make user to have more than 256 processes in fact i need it for mysql ulimit in shell and set it in /etc/limits.conf dont work. any ideas Best regards, George Chavda