https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/tunable-security-parameters/m-p/4268919#M333924 Hi , <BR /><BR />How can we check the value of these parameters <BR />raorv soft nproc<BR />raorv hard nproc<BR />raorv soft nofile<BR />raorv hard nofile<BR /><BR />and how we can change them (on HPUX v2)<BR /><BR />thank you Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:32:58 GMT toni osta 2008-09-14T14:32:58Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/tunable-security-parameters/m-p/4268919#M333924 Hi , <BR /><BR />How can we check the value of these parameters <BR />raorv soft nproc<BR />raorv hard nproc<BR />raorv soft nofile<BR />raorv hard nofile<BR /><BR />and how we can change them (on HPUX v2)<BR /><BR />thank you Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:32:58 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/tunable-security-parameters/m-p/4268919#M333924 toni osta 2008-09-14T14:32:58Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/tunable-security-parameters/m-p/4268920#M333925 Hello,<BR /><BR />There is no soft and hard limits in HP-UX.<BR />There are simply kernel tunable parameters.<BR /><BR />a) To check nproc:<BR /><BR /># kctune -v nproc<BR /><BR />b) To check nfile:<BR /><BR /># kctune -v nfile <BR /><BR />Note the spelling: "nfile" not "nofile" as<BR />you wrote, possibly by mistake.<BR /><BR />However, there is a ulimit value called<BR />"nofiles" (number of file descriptors):<BR /><BR /># ulimit -a | grep nofiles<BR /><BR />or, simpler:<BR /><BR /># ulimit -n<BR /><BR />To set them, as a simple exercise to learn,<BR />please refer to manuals on commands<BR />kctune(1m) and Ksh ulimit.<BR /><BR />Cheers,<BR /><BR />VK2COT Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:53:21 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/tunable-security-parameters/m-p/4268920#M333925 VK2COT 2008-09-15T01:53:21Z