You didn't mention the OS. On HPUX there are things called resource limits.
The kernel has a soft and hard limits, these limits are compiled into the kernel. Programs get an error, for example trying to create a new process or open a file. The initial error is the soft limit. The program can then call get_resource_limit(...) to get the limits, and then can call set_resource_limit(...) to adjust the lower limit (up to the hard limit), and then can retry the operation. If I remember correctly, by default the kernel comes with 40 processes as a soft limit. You MAY be able to have you program call set_resource_limit and lower the effective soft limit to say three. I'm not sure about this, but it may be possible. Try man get_resource_limit and follow the docs. I hope this helps. William H. Roe, Jr. Software Architect, CISSP TCS Healthcare Technologies 500 Wall Street Auburn, California 95603 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Kenneth Hauklien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 1:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: User process limitations.. Hi Is there any way to limit a users / groups processes? I run a shell/web server and want to limit them down to for example 2-3 processes. Is this possible in any way? Thank you all in advance Kenneth Hauklien Norway
