ULIMIT

[Conor P. Cahill]

In article <941 at helens.Stanford.EDU> yergeau at EE-CF.Stanford.EDU (Daniel W. Yergeau) writes:
>How do you increase the ULIMIT parameter?  I have tried changing the values
>in the mtune file in the configuration directory and rebuilding the kernel,
>but this didn't seem to have any effect (yes, I rebooted after rebuilding the
>kernel).

Do any of the following:

 1. Read the monthly FAQ posting (last posted around Aug 7)
 2. Read the login man page (discussion of /etc/default/login)
 3. Delete the ULIMIT line from /etc/default/login

>Even when I'm root, I cannot create files larger than 4096 blocks [grrr! :^(].

When your root, all you have to do is:

		ulimit 999999

to increase your ulimit above the system/login default.

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