On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 12:26:43PM +1000, Russell Kliese wrote:
>
> >> $NICE is set to 10 in /etc/updatedb.conf, so -n ${NICE:-10} is the same
> >> as
> >> -n 0.
> >>
> > In a shell script? Doesn't ":-" set a default value if the variable is
> > not already set?
>
> Yes, my mistake. With $NICE being 10, the priority in this cause would be
> incremented by 10 (i.e. lowered).
>
> Anyway, this is an aside. Even when running nice without the -n option
> still causes problems.
hmm, two things:
a) could you strace -fF -o nice.trace the nice command as is?
b) what does your ulimit -a show on the host and guest?
TIA,
Herbert
> >> >> >> >> >>Would enabling CAP_SYS_NICE help in this case even though a
> >> >> lower
> >> >> >> >> >>priority is being set? Or is there something else causing
> >> this
> >> >> >> >> problem?
>
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