topic ulimit -m unlimited in Operating System - HP-UX

ulimit -m unlimited

EJ Stremler — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 11:51:02 GMT

Is the default value in HPUX for how much memory per user (shell) set to unlimited? If you want to change the value of this parameter, does it need to be defined in /etc/profile?? So when new users log in, ulimit will be set to the new value...

Re: ulimit -m unlimited

Arunvijai_4 — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 11:55:28 GMT

Hi Ed,

Can you check these threads,

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=960995
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=233595

More generic

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/james/search.do?todo=search&searchtext=ulimit&from=forums&origin=0&submit.x=0&wpa=forums1.itrc.hp.com%3A80&submit.y=0&searchcategory=ALL&hpl=1&searchcriteria=allwords&rn=25&source=7000&chkServStor=on&presort=rank&esc=us.support.itrc.hp.com

-Arun

Re: ulimit -m unlimited

A. Clay Stephenson — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:06:31 GMT

This ulimit value isn't even documented in the POSIX shell man pages although it is in the Korn shell man pages. Normally this value is left untouched and remains at unlimited; the enforcement is left up to the stack and data segments limits which are inherited from the maxssiz and maxdsiz kernel tunables rsspectively.

Re: ulimit -m unlimited

EJ Stremler — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:08:38 GMT

Thank you for your valid responses. The fact there is no real man page, i am not going to bother touching it..