Re: raise user accounts max fd

[John Summerfield <debian@ComputerDatasafe.com.au>]

Ross Tsolakidis wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am running "Linux [hidden] 2.4.25-bf2.4 #1 SMP Wed Mar 10 10:35:09 PST
> 2004 i686 unknown" and would like to know how to raise a user accounts
> max file descriptors (FDs, shown via ulimit -n) from the default 1024 to
> 4096, to allow an IRC daemon more permitted open files.
>
> After adding the lines:
> ircd hard nofile 4096
> ircd soft nofile 4096
>
> to /etc/security/limits.conf at the end of the file (they are not
> commented out), and re-logging into the ircd user terminal and typing:
> ulimit -n
>
> The count still appears as 1024, not the new 4096 figure.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Any help is appreciated,
>
>
>  
summer@Dolphin:~$ ulimit -n    
1024
summer@Dolphin:~$ root
Dolphin:~# ulimit -n
1024
Dolphin:~# ulimit -n 4096
Dolphin:~# ulimit -n
4096
Dolphin:~# su - summer
summer@Dolphin:~$ ulimit -n
4096
summer@Dolphin:~$





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Cheers
John

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