Jeff Weisberg on Thu, 5 Dec 2002 13:30:07 -0500 |
| > if [ x"id -u" = x"1000" ]; then | > ulimit -t 1024 | > fi | | Er, maybe not. | | The documented behavior of ulimit shell functions is that only the | super-user can increase ulimit values, but I just lowered and then | increased my own as a regular user. | | I'm sure I knew the right way to do this at some point... a regular user can increase the soft limits up to the hard limits, or decrease the hard and soft limits. only the super-user can raise the hard limits by default, ulimit adjusts the soft limits. passing the '-H' flag sets the hard limits. so, in your example, add the '-H' flag, and you won't be able to increase it later. --jeff _________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug
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