Re: process limits

M.Brands (shrike@il.fontys.nl)
Mon, 21 Jun 1999 18:20:41 +0200


On Mon, Jun 21, 1999 at 06:15:48PM +0800, Gerard Paul Java allegedly wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> This is rather embarrassing, heh heh, but..uh..how do you increase the
> number of processes you can run on your machine?

Do an ulimit -a to get a list of all limits. With ulimit -u you can
change the number of processes you can run. With a normal unix you
(a normal user) can only decrease that number (linux also allows
you to increase it again). Only root can increase it above a certain
value (set earlier by root).

Vague reply. Sorry about that.

Mathijs

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