Carlo Sogono <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think ulimits are user-specific so putting them in a startup script > would be useless. I'd go for the .bashrc file.
ulimits are both user-specific and system-wide. Some ulimits you would want to enforce system-wide (for example, number of open files and cpu time); some are user-specific. However, if a ulimit was set by root for all users, that's pretty much the topmost limit a user can set (e.g. if root set the ulimit on open files to 256, mere mortals can only set it lower). ulimits are nice for preventing fork bombs and other DOS attacks and what-not. -- JM Ibanez Senior Software Engineer Orange & Bronze Software Labs, Ltd. Co. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.orangeandbronze.com/ _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
