ulimit (was: getty/login for callback)
Pat "King of the Trenches" Calhoun
pat at mslanpar
Thu Apr 20 11:56:05 AEST 1989
SORRY FOR THE REPOST ! PREVIOUS ARTICLE HAD WRONG UUCP PATH !!
In article <1456 at auspex.auspex.com>, guy at auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) writes:
> It would have been a lot better had the default been "infinity" rather
> than 1MB; if somebody actually *does* want to limit their program's
> disk consumption, they can set a non-infinite ulimit themselves.
Fortunately (for system administrators), the ulimit size cannot be
increased if the effective user id is not super-user. Trying this
will cause ulimit to fail and leave the value unchanged. Other
users may only decrease their ulimit size.
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