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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 19:42:29 -0500 (EST)
From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com>
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Subject: Re: limiting per process swap space utilization like Solaris ulimit?
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On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Bernie Doehner wrote:

> Hi:
> 
> Due to a problem with qmail running away, I'd like to be able to limit the
> per process swap space utilization under FreeBSD.
> 
> How does one do this?
> 
> Under Solaris ulimit provides a good interface to setting this limit, but
> I could find no such limit (either setable via a program, or a system
> call).

aiming flame thrower at you....
oh wait, this is your first time cross posting, don't do that, people
don't like it unless it's exremely relevant.

as to your qmail question:

ulimit is built into the shell, check shell man pages until you find it.

you can also use login classes to limit programs, 
man login.conf

good luck,
Alfred Perlstein - Programmer, HotJobs Inc. - www.hotjobs.com
-- There are operating systems, and then there's FreeBSD.
-- http://www.freebsd.org/                        3.0-current

> Thanks.
> 
> Bernie
> 
> 
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