Re: Setting system-wide ulimits (esp. # of open files)
On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 08:12:42PM +0100, GCS wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 08:04:02PM +0100, Holger Rauch <holger.rauch@arcor.de> wrote:
> > Any other ideas on what else I could try in order to increase the #
> > of open file descriptors to 32000 for all users and why the approach with
> > editing /etc/security/limits.conf didn't work (and what I could do to
> > get it to do what I want :-) )?
> Maybe put the relevant lines into /etc/profile? Someone really know a
> better solution, this one is ugly IMHO.
>
There might be a switch to the kernel, perhaps by using /proc, which
let you do that. Or so I believe. I assume that if the kernel enforces a
lower limit then you wouldn't be able to change it without instructing
the kernel otherwise. However I am not sure. Have you searched google?
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