Axel Luttgens:
> > Third, you
> > could test your concern by setting a really low rlim_cur and seeing
> > if it is enforced while rlim_max==RLIM_INFINITY.
>
> I'll probably try that one.
> What limit would you chose, so as to be sure to encounter the problem if any?
master(8) opens >= 1 file handle for each master.cf entry. So you
could try that as the limit.
If rlim_cur value is enforced, as it may well be, then my next bet
is to use the sysctl() result. A hard constant value would be
fundamentally incorrect.
Wietse