ulimit (was: getty/login for callback)

[prc]

> It would have been a lot better had the default been "infinity" rather
> than 1MB; if somebody actually *does* want to limit their program's 
> disk consumption, they can set a non-infinite ulimit themselves.

Fortunately (for system administrators), the ulimit size cannot be 
increased if the effective user id is not super-user. Trying this
will cause ulimit to fail and leave the value unchanged. Other
users may only decrease their ulimit size.


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