Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 19:42:29 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com> To: Bernie Doehner <bad@wireless.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: limiting per process swap space utilization like Solaris ulimit? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901111940210.84303-100000@bright.fx.genx.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.990111164620.17547B-100000@wireless.net>
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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 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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