Dear list
I am in the process of learning to manage ulimits. I feel I must have
hit some limits in one of my boxes but as I am googling around most
information about ulimits are very very brief. It's explained how to set
soft or hard limits but not mentioned what's the current status. e.g. I
know
OK now I think I can answer most of my own questions.
The best resource on explain ulimit I found from 1 hour google search:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=311442
This article provided overview and PAM integration with ulimits
http://www.seifried.org/security/index.php/Linux_Limi
Zhang Weiwu wrote:
> soft or hard limits but not mentioned what's the current status. e.g. I
> know from RTFM that ulimit -n can control the maximum number of open
> file descriptors, but how do I know the exact number of open file
> descriptors on my system?
The sar(1) utility will report on the n