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Re: Problem with oracle ulimit on RedHat AS 3

From: Haximus <e_at_t.me>
Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 02:03:47 GMT
Message-ID: <7a9Vd.33533$ab2.6429@edtnps89>


<jdevroberto_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1109717879.409084.143350_at_z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Dear usenet,
>
> I need help with the linux bash command: ulimit.
>
> When I run it from my oracle account,
> I see this:
>
> ulimit -u 16384 -n 65536
> bash: ulimit: max user processes: cannot modify limit: Operation not
> permitted
>
> I'd like to get the command working.
>
> According to my Oracle docs I need to edit 2 files:
>
> Add the following lines to /etc/security/limits.conf file:
>
> * soft nproc 2047
> * hard nproc 16384
> * soft nofile 2048
> * hard nofile 65536
>
> Add the following line to the /etc/pam.d/login file:
>
> session required /lib/security/pam_limits.so
>
> So, I edited the above 2 files and then rebooted.
>
> I still get the ulimit error.
>
> Anyone out there see this problem and know how to fix it?
>
> Here is info about my redhat AS:
>
> royal:/etc# uname -a
> Linux royal.pain.com 2.4.21-27.0.1.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri Dec 24 01:28:09 GMT
> 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> royal:/etc#

Are you using ssh for shell access? I recall there was a bug that affected ssh users if it was configured a certain way. Received on Tue Mar 01 2005 - 20:03:47 CST

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