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Date:      Mon, 5 Jan 1998 20:32:52 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Costa Morris <costa@cortx.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: setting soft FD limits
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980105203223.1402i-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <01bd19fe$95d69ea0$0cddcfcf@cman.cortx.com>

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On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Costa Morris wrote:

> i temporarily need to set my soft limits for file descriptors to 360 in
> 2.2.2.  i currently run the command when i su to root but as soon as i exit
> the number drops back down.  i believe that it's changed from the shell that
> ran the command. i need to have it at boot up and for now, be able to set it
> without it changing upon exit.

Yup, that's how it works.

> can someone advise me on the best possible solution without building a new
> kernel?

Edit /etc/login.conf to change the global limits.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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