Re: Is it possible to add this feature.

From: Martin Pool (mbp@sourcefrog.net)
Date: Wed Aug 06 2003 - 02:47:16 EST


On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 17:53:48 -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 08:30:54PM -0400, Kurt Wall wrote:
>> Quoth hsdm:
>> > Is it posible to limit the amount of memory or CPU time per user?
> Basically, no.
>
>> ulimit -m
>> ulimit -t
>
> This is per session, and the user can have many sessions. Unless you
> limit the number of sessions a user can have...

Mike is correct that you cannot have system-wide per-user limits at the
moment, at least in the standard kernel. However, it would be possible to
add it, if you find somebody to develop it for you.

-- 
Martin

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