Extending ulimits

From: Timo Weggen (tweggen_at_loewe-komp.de)
Date: 03/30/04

  • Next message: Janne Johansson: "Re: Extending ulimits" 
    Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 13:25:24 +0200

    Hello,

    I hope, the question isn't covered in any FAQ, but at least I did
    non succeed in googling:

    Running a CVS (via ssh) server, I've hit the user's limits (as set by
    ulimit) for large files. Unfortunately, I cannot extend the ulimits
    indefinitely. This is what I'd tried:

    >From a shell as root:
    kill ssh server.
    ulimit -d unlimited (also tried giant values)
    /usr/sbin/sshd

    In addition, in /etc/profile I've added a line with
    ulimit -d 400000

    When logging in, the shell tells me, that the maximal value is exceeded.
    typing ulimit -a also reports a default of 65535.

    While I'm aware of the security risks involved with insensible
    ulimit values, I'm interested in granting considerable amounts
    of memory to selected users.

    But how can I do that?

    Any hints are appreciated.
    TIA
    Timo.

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