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From: nvk@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Norman Kohn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.bugs.sys5
Subject: Re: Unix 5.4 and ulimit
Message-ID: <1991Apr27.131456.16754@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Date: 27 Apr 91 13:14:56 GMT
References: <1991Apr21.140740.6766@gold.sub.org>
Organization: ddsw1.MCS.COM Contributor, Wheeling, IL
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In article <1991Apr21.140740.6766@gold.sub.org> root@gold.sub.org (Christian Seyb) writes:
>in /etc/default/login I have the following entry:
>ULIMIT=99999
>
>This should give every user (also uucico and news) a very high ulimit.
>The problem is, that this doesn't work. The default ulimit is still
>2MB for any user logging in. I also tried to change the default value
>of ulimit in /etc/conf/mtune - without any change to the behaviour of
>ulimit.
>
>For normal users the solution is easy - I just set the desired ulimit
>in $HOME/.profile. For programs like uucico, this is not possible.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
If you can set it in $HOME/.profile, the system-wide ulimit
set by /etc/login/default should (and via mtune) was recognized
but a subsequent invocation set it lower...  check out /etc/profile.
(Moreover: what's done by $HOME/.profile can be done in /etc/profile.)

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