Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 19:33:24 -0500 From: Edwin Culp <eculp@ver1.telmex.net.mx> To: dpetrou@cs.cmu.edu Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ulimit... Message-ID: <357F25D4.524A6BC6@ver1.telmex.net.mx> References: <199806102040.QAA07676@auchroisk.pdl.cs.cmu.edu>
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David Petrou wrote: > > (Sorry if I'm writing to the wrong FreeBSD list. "current" seems the > most applicable to me...) > > > Signal 24 is SIGXCPU (exceeded CPU time limit). Check your ulimit > > settings ("limit" if you use csh) and your login.conf setup. > > Have you guys considered turning off limits by default? It seems that > every FreeBSDer at one time or another is bit by this (including me). > There must have been at least 50 questions on the FreeBSD lists from > people wondering why they get SIGXCPU, "out of memory", etc. > > If they were off by default, this problem wouldn't exist. And for > those that do want to turn them on, they can customize login.conf > based on their system's resources, such as amount of RAM, number of > users, etc. > > David > I agree 100%. Most of us have to modify them. I usually remember after someone has a problem, seldom before:-) It would be mucho more practical to turn them on if needed. Ed To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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