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Ulimit Vs maxuproc

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BalajiAIX

BalajiAIX

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Oct 20, 2014
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Hi All,

Does the ulimit -u value override the "maxuproc" value ?

>ulimit -u
unlimited

maxuproc 128

Which value has effect now for a specific user ?
 
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unlimited is for the file size and maxuproc is for the number of processes
 
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ulimit -u option displays the number of processes a user can create .

-u
Specifies the limit on the number of a process a user can create.
 
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