Re: [HACKERS] (OT) Linux limits

From: "neil d(dot) quiogue" <nquiogue(at)ieee(dot)org>
To: Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>
Cc: hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] (OT) Linux limits
Date: 2000-01-07 16:08:29
Message-ID: 20000107080833.127EF6A@miranda.herrera.iphil.net
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Hello Thomas,

> Where does one specify this parameter on a system-wide basis? My older
> RedHat boxes all have a non-zero limit for this parameter, and allow
> setting the limit to infinity by users. Don't know if Mandrake is
> configured differently from RH6.1, but until I get this adjusted it
> doesn't make a reasonable development machine...

I have Mandrake 6.0 though I think I know your problem. In
/etc/profile, there's an entry there where it limits core dumps to
100000 I think for root. You might want to remove that or make it
unlimited.

Regards,

Neil D. Quiogue
STO - dotPH, Inc.

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