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From: janm@runx.ips.oz (Jan Mikkelsen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Another Annoying Microport Inquiry
Message-ID: <1143@runx.ips.oz>
Date: Thu, 8-Oct-87 08:09:19 EDT
Article-I.D.: runx.1143
Posted: Thu Oct  8 08:09:19 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 12-Oct-87 05:52:40 EDT
References: <1408@dasys1.UUCP> <6475@brl-smoke.ARPA> <7501@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP>
Reply-To: janm@runx.OZ (Jan Mikkelsen)
Organization: RUNX  Un*x Timeshare. Sydney, Australia.
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In article <7501@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes:
>In article <6475@brl-smoke.ARPA> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>) writes:
>
>|ATTENTION ALL UNIX PORTERS:  Fix this!!  A 1Mb default ulimit is absolutely
>|stupid!  Make the initial ulimit "infinite" (it can always be lowered by
>|any user, typically in /etc/profile if the system administrator so chooses,
>|but only a superuser can raise it).
>
...
>I agree that there should be a simple **well documented** way to change
>this. As for the original problem, can't superuser set the ligit up as
>well as down? I'm not root on this system and can't try.
>-- 
>	bill davidsen		(wedu@ge-crd.arpa)
>  {uunet | philabs | uunet}!steinmetz!crdos1!davidsen
>"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me

	But it can be raised! It says so right here in my release notes!
All you have to do is type "patch /system5 ulpatch nnn," where 'nnn' is
the maximum file size you want in blocks. The maximum supported is 32767
(signed int), giving a 16meg file.

                    Jan Mikkelsen.


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