Linux

#Each line describes a limit for a user in the form: # #<domain>        <type>  <item>  <value> # #Where: #<domain> can be: #        - an user name #        - a group name, with @group syntax #        - the wildcard *, for default entry #        - the wildcard %, can be also used with %group syntax, #                 for maxlogin limit # #<type> can have the two values: #        - "soft" for enforcing the soft limits #        - "hard" for enforcing hard limits # #<item> can be one of the following: #        - core - limits the core file size (KB) #        - data - max data size (KB) #        - fsize - maximum filesize (KB) #        - memlock - max locked-in-memory address space (KB) #        - nofile - max number of open files #        - rss - max resident set size (KB) #        - stack - max stack size (KB) #        - cpu - max CPU time (MIN) #        - nproc - max number of processes #        - as - address space limit #        - maxlogins - max number of logins for this user #        - maxsyslogins - max number of logins on the system #        - priority - the priority to run user process with #        - locks - max number of file locks the user can hold #        - sigpending - max number of pending signals #        - msgqueue - max memory used by POSIX message queues (bytes) #        - nice - max nice priority allowed to raise to #        - rtprio - max realtime priority # #<domain>      <type>  <item>         <value> #  #*               soft    core            0 #*               hard    rss             10000 #@student        hard    nproc           20 #@faculty        soft    nproc           20 #@faculty        hard    nproc           50 #ftp             hard    nproc           0 #@student        -       maxlogins       4  # End of file