Sjors Gielen wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Frank Bonnet wrote:Hello I'm in trouble with the /etc/security/limits.conf file at ETCH AMD64 it does not apply the following statement after rebooting the machine * hard nofile 65536 the nofile ulimit value stay sticked at 1024 Anyone knows a workaround ? Thanks a lotFirst of all, can you manually change the ulimit value using ulimit -n?
yes in the current shell
Second: What happens if you add: * soft nofile 65536 next to the hard limit?
I found a workaround for MY case .If I replace the "*" character by the user concerned by this statement it works ...
dovecot soft nofile 32768 dovecot hard nofile 65536 Then typing the following as root give this mail:~# ulimit -n 65535 bug or feature ?
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