Hello hope this is a good place to send this...
calls to ulimit -n allow any user to raise it's limit once: bill@river:~$ ulimit -n 1024 bill@river:~$ ulimit -n 4096 # Goes up once bill@river:~$ ulimit -n 1024 bill@river:~$ ulimit -n 4096 # Not twice -bash: ulimit: open files: cannot modify limit: Operation not permitted bill@brook:~$ ulimit -n 1024 bill@brook:~$ ulimit -n 2048 # Goes up once bill@brook:~$ ulimit -n 2048 bill@brook:~$ ulimit -n 4096 # Not twice -su: ulimit: open files: cannot modify limit: Operation not permitted bill@brook:~$ ulimit -n 2048 tested broken on the following kernels: 3.1.0-1-amd64 3.2.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 3.2.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 3.2.0-2-amd64 working normally on: 2.6.32-5-amd64 3.2.0-3-amd64 thanks Billy
