From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15782 invoked from network); 14 Jun 2004 11:33:29 -0000 Received: from thor.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.86) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 14 Jun 2004 11:33:29 -0000 Received: (qmail 9014 invoked from network); 14 Jun 2004 11:33:13 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 14 Jun 2004 11:33:13 -0000 Received: (qmail 20948 invoked by alias); 14 Jun 2004 11:33:05 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 20037 Received: (qmail 20938 invoked from network); 14 Jun 2004 11:33:04 -0000 Received: from thor.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (qmailr@130.225.247.86) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 14 Jun 2004 11:33:01 -0000 Received: (qmail 8713 invoked from network); 14 Jun 2004 11:33:01 -0000 Received: from mail36.messagelabs.com (193.109.254.211) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 14 Jun 2004 11:33:00 -0000 X-VirusChecked: Checked X-Env-Sender: okiddle@yahoo.co.uk X-Msg-Ref: server-5.tower-36.messagelabs.com!1087212752!6971118 X-StarScan-Version: 5.2.10; banners=-,-,- X-Originating-IP: [158.234.9.163] Received: (qmail 27221 invoked from network); 14 Jun 2004 11:32:32 -0000 Received: from iris.logica.co.uk (158.234.9.163) by server-5.tower-36.messagelabs.com with SMTP; 14 Jun 2004 11:32:32 -0000 Received: from trentino.logica.co.uk ([158.234.142.61]) by iris.logica.co.uk (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) with ESMTP id i5EBWWUI013010 for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:32:32 +0100 Received: from trentino.logica.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by trentino.logica.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id E36107A7B695 for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2004 13:31:47 +0200 (CEST) X-VirusChecked: Checked X-StarScan-Version: 5.1.13; banners=.,-,- From: Oliver Kiddle To: Zsh workers Subject: setting resource limits Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 13:31:47 +0200 Message-ID: <4754.1087212707@trentino.logica.co.uk> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=6.0 tests=BAYES_50 autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Hits: 0.0 Have a look at these two messages on the Linux kernel mailing list. You'll want to scroll to the end of the first one. http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0404.1/1509.html http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0404.2/1037.html Basically, the suggestion is that it should be possible to set resource limits numerically with e.g. `ulimit 4 1024'. I can see how this could be worth a lot to anyone implementing a new resource limit. Is that difficult to implement? Would it be vaguely portable? Oliver