On Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:56:04 -0500, Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:04:19 -0500, Matt Zagrabelny wrote: >> >>> I am trying to increase the number of open files the sendmail daemon >>> may have. I have read that inserting a ulimit command in the init >>> script is the way to do this. >> >> (...) >> >> I can be wrong but I had understood ulimits (per user/daemon) are set >> from "/etc/security/limits.conf" :-? > >>From [1] > > /etc/security/limits.{d,conf} are only processed by pam_limits. > Processes started from init generally do not utilize pam_limits.so.
My reference document was: 4.10.2 Limiting resource usage: the limits.conf file http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html But now you've made me doubt :-) > FWIW, I tried tweaking /etc/security/limits.{d,conf} and it did not > increase the max number of open files for the sendmail process. What did you exactly try? > Any other advice? Nope, sorry. I would have expected the existence of the user "sendmail" would have been enough to edit the "limits.conf" file accordingly :-? > [1] > http://old.nabble.com/How-to-set-ulimit-%28nofile%29-for-a-daemon-td28610214.html Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jm6o6l$gu4$4...@dough.gmane.org