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From: njs@scifi.UUCP (Nicholas J. Simicich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Subject: Re: filesize limit
Summary: check the adduser command
Keywords: csh, filesize
Message-ID: <625@scifi.UUCP>
Date: 2 Jun 89 04:56:38 GMT
References: <4474@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
Reply-To: njs@scifi.UUCP (Nicholas J. Simicich)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Nick Simicich, Peekskill, NY
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In article <4474@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> kerchen@iris.ucdavis.edu (Paul Kerchen) writes:
>Does anyone know how to change the default file size limit in csh?
>I know that 'limit filesize xxxxx' will change the file size limit to
>xxxxx 

(.....)

Well, if you look in the adduser command, and then enter "c u
userid-you-want-to-change", it will display a list of attributes of
that userid.  One of the attributes is "filesize", and it can be
changed.  After that, the user can login again, and the new filesize
will be in effect.  I believe that login interprets this and sets it
for the user's login session.  (The filesize parameter is stored in
/etc/passwd with the username, and is separated from the username by a
slash, which breaks some software that tries to parse the username
field.)


An alternative is to add something similar to the following line to
/etc/environment, and then to reboot your system.  init interprets the
/etc/environment file, and those parameters are inherited by all
processes which are started by /etc/rc.

filesize=232700

Official spokesman?  Not me. 

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