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From: cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: ULIMIT
Keywords: ulimit, file size, war, PO'd
Message-ID: <1990Aug27.122919.9570@virtech.uucp>
Date: 27 Aug 90 12:29:19 GMT
References: <941@helens.Stanford.EDU>
Reply-To: cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill)
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Organization: Virtual Technologies Inc., Sterling VA
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In article <941@helens.Stanford.EDU> yergeau@EE-CF.Stanford.EDU (Daniel W. Yergeau) writes:
>How do you increase the ULIMIT parameter?  I have tried changing the values
>in the mtune file in the configuration directory and rebuilding the kernel,
>but this didn't seem to have any effect (yes, I rebooted after rebuilding the
>kernel).

Do any of the following:

 1. Read the monthly FAQ posting (last posted around Aug 7)
 2. Read the login man page (discussion of /etc/default/login)
 3. Delete the ULIMIT line from /etc/default/login

>Even when I'm root, I cannot create files larger than 4096 blocks [grrr! :^(].

When your root, all you have to do is:

		ulimit 999999

to increase your ulimit above the system/login default.

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