Re: Best way to set maximum number of open descriptors for a process

[Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org>]

On Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 09:26:14AM -0300, Daniel Bareiro wrote:
> The process starts as a service, so it does not require a shell:

> I had thought that I could add something to the script that starts the
> process, but I'm not sure if it's the best idea from the point of view
> of maintainability because a package update could eliminate that change.

I believe the correct approach is to add one of the limitXXXX= directives
to the systemd unit.  See systemd.exec(5) for details.  Searching for
the word "limit" gets you to the correct section.