Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 14:14:04 -0500 From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> To: Morsal Rodbay <morsal@swipnet.se> Cc: f-q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: how to set resource limits Message-ID: <20020212191404.GA23041@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20020212115013.A51934@zigman.2y.net> References: <20020121111645.GA381@moo.holy.cow> <20020212115013.A51934@zigman.2y.net>
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in message <20020212115013.A51934@zigman.2y.net>, wrote Morsal Rodbay thusly... > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 06:16:45AM -0500, parv wrote: ... > > i had read the man pages for limits, my shell (bash), and > > login.conf. in login.conf, everything is unlimited; current limits > > are... > > > > > > cputime infinity secs > > filesize infinity kb > > datasize 524288 kb ... > > > > - parv > > I have the same problem... login.conf has set datasizes to unlimited but > when I login through ssh it is set to 524288 kb.. :-( just so that there is no misunderstanding, my problem is not that datasize is limited to X kB (even though it's unlimited in /etc/login.conf; well those limits quite possibly be imposed by the kernel). my problem is how to set the limits so that i can use large programs -- like X, netscape etc. -- such that when programs start growing to say 100MB SIZE and RES, they will be killed. - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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