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Old 05-13-2010
Setting Ulimit problem
I changed the standard Ulimit sometime back. But when I change it back, the setting does not get updated.
How do I make the change permanent

Waitstejo
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Old 05-13-2010
Do you remember how you changed the ulimit and what Operating System you have?
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Old 05-14-2010
Did you relog?
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Old 05-14-2010
I am using Sco Open Server 5. Unfortunately I don't remember exactly how I changed the ulimit. But I guess I must have used the standard syntax. Zaxxon What do you mean by "did you relog?"
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Old 05-14-2010
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I am using Sco Open Server 5. Unfortunately I don't remember exactly how I changed the ulimit. But I guess I must have used the standard syntax. Zaxxon What do you mean by "did you relog?"
Log out and log back in. Like user groups, these settings are applied at login.
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Old 06-07-2010
Zaxxon/Corona688, When I log in as root and change the ulimit, it remains as I have changed. But the next day it changes back to the wrong Ulimit.
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Old 06-08-2010
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Zaxxon/Corona688, When I log in as root and change the ulimit, it remains as I have changed. But the next day it changes back to the wrong Ulimit.
I believe that on SCO, you can set ulimit settings that persist across boots (and logins) in /etc/profile or /etc/default/login.

It's likely that you edited one of those files previously.
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