Ulimits strikes again (SYSV)

[Daniel R. Levy]

In article <2749 at sun.uucp>, guy at sun.uucp (Guy Harris) writes:
>
>> Even changing the default value used by ulimit sounds like a minor code
>> change (if you have source of course).
>
>It isn't hard once you find it.  Just change the CDLIMIT parameter in
><sys/param.h>.  (This is in S5; S3 embedded the constant "1L << 11" into
>the source code of "main.c".)  If you don't have source, you might get
>somebody to try to find where the number is hidden and patch it.
>
>Now, would somebody in the USDL *PLEASE* do the following:
>
>	cd <wherever>
>	get -e SCCS/s.param.h
>	ed param.h
>	/CDLIMIT/s/(1L<<11)/0x7fffffff/
>	w
>	q
>	delta SCCS/s.param.h
>	Gave UNIX a sane initial ulimit value.
>	^D
>	rm param.h
>	get SCCS/s.param.h
>
>	Guy Harris

Let me share my dirty little fix for this (and let Guy debunk it); it does
not even require patching a binary.

# mv /etc/getty /etc/getty.x
# cat > /etc/getty
ulimit 4096 # OR WHATEVER
exec /etc/getty.x $*
^D
# chmod 544 /etc/getty

# exit

login: joeuser
Password:

motd etc.

$ ulimit
4096
$

Note: if you have uugetty on some ports you will need to do a similar thing
for it.
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