Login or Register to Ask a Question and Join Our Community


UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Max. No. Processes/user

Login to Discuss or Reply to this Discussion in Our Community

 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Max. No. Processes/user
# 1  
Old 06-28-2002
Max. No. Processes/user
Hi All,
I heared that each user in UNIX have max. number of processes that can be running at one time. Is this correct? If yes, how can I know this number and how can I change it.
N.B.: I am using Sun 5.6

Regards
# 2  
Old 06-28-2002
Tools Sun Docs will help
Indeed the kernel has a parameter called something like "Max processes"

Iam not sure how to change hereby the sundoc site, Im sure you can find it there

http://docs.sun.com/
# 3  
Old 06-28-2002
Look for
The file called /etc/sytem is the place to change it.
Iam not sure about the correct syntax
# 4  
Old 06-28-2002
Thank you very much
I will try it...
# 5  
Old 07-03-2002
i know that in linux there is a command called 'ulimit' which can limit many processes and accesses (such as memory).
Login or Register to Ask a Question

Previous Thread | Next Thread

9 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Homework & Coursework Questions

User processes

Use and complete the template provided. The entire template must be completed. If you don't, your post may be deleted! 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data: I have to write a program which can tell me how many processes is running by some user, from the /etc/passwd file... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: petel1
3 Replies

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Processes of a user

Hi, Please can some one advise how can we get all the processes corresponding to a particular user. Cheers, Shazin (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Shazin
4 Replies

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

kill all user processes

Hi there, i've been searching all over and i thought i had understood the way i should go to kill all the processes related to a user. But i'm getting more confused then i was. By lunch time i have to make a database backup, and for that all the users shoul logout. The problem is that many users... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: vascobrito
4 Replies

4. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

User in who but no processes

Hi all! After killing some processes, I encounter the following problem: 1) some delay in the login process 2) question marks (?) in who output 3) when doing ps -fu for users with question mark in who, no process is runing. To solve this problem I shutdown the system. Does anyone know the... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Panos1962
4 Replies

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Processes by User's names

Hi All I am being trained in unix and am tryin to write a script for listing the user Processes by user's names exactly the following manner WITHOUT USING A TEMPORARY FILE or SED OR AWK! The format of the output I want is: Code: James Hallan PID TTY TIME CMD 31799 pts/3 00:00:00 vim ... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: kartikkumar84@g
2 Replies

6. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Max sessions a single user can've on Solaris server at the same time

There's a user that opens various login sessions with a particular SOLARIS server at the same time - this locks the server thats tried to get logged into.. Kindly help on how to know the max limit of sessions a particular user can open with a particular server at the same time. AND, how to... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: its.simron
2 Replies

7. Solaris

Scripts - Processes, CPU, Max. Connections

Hi all, Can any one please tell me how to find these in Unix (Commands) 1. Too many processes connected to the server. 2. High Utilization of CPU. 3. Maximum Number of connections with the database. OS: Sun Solaris 5.8 DB : Oracle 10g Thanks and Regards, Prashanth (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: prashanth_gs
1 Replies

8. Solaris

killing all processes for an user

how can I kill all the processes belonging to an user. I need it because I can't see a process initiated by a user and thus unable to kill it. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: krishan
2 Replies

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Max number of concurrent processes

OS - Sun OS7 What sources can I go to to figure out what is the maximun number of processes for OS7 with 2GB of memory. I believe it is 64K processes, but this number reflects resources being swaped. Any help is appreciated SmartJuniorUnix (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: SmartJuniorUnix
1 Replies
Login or Register to Ask a Question