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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Another Annoying Microport Inquiry
Message-ID: <6502@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 2-Oct-87 17:00:18 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct  2 17:00:18 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 3-Oct-87 09:55:33 EDT
References: <1408@dasys1.UUCP> <6475@brl-smoke.ARPA> <7501@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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Keywords: Microport patch ulimit
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In article <7501@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes:
>... as far as I can tell /etc/profile is not
>used in any way except by user logins via /bin/sh.

I just gave /etc/profile as an example.  The actual forced ulimit
could be established anywhere along the login path.  Once lowered,
it cannot be raised by a non-superuser.

>As for the original problem, can't superuser set the ligit up as
>well as down?

That IS the original problem!  ONLY the super-user can get around
the ridiculously small initial ulimit coded into the kernel!