https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/increase-the-process-limit-of-user/m-p/3378402#M14040 I use RH8 now , I know that when the user do the process , it reach the process limit that the system is allowed , how can I increase it ? thx. Tue, 14 Sep 2004 02:53:19 GMT peterchu 2004-09-14T02:53:19Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/increase-the-process-limit-of-user/m-p/3378402#M14040 I use RH8 now , I know that when the user do the process , it reach the process limit that the system is allowed , how can I increase it ? thx. Tue, 14 Sep 2004 02:53:19 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/increase-the-process-limit-of-user/m-p/3378402#M14040 peterchu 2004-09-14T02:53:19Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/increase-the-process-limit-of-user/m-p/3378403#M14041 Hi,<BR />you can dynamically change /proc/sys/kernel/threads-max and ulimit<BR />to define the number you want. (this is for 2.4 kernels) . For 2.2 kernels you have a fixed limit of 512 per user (linked with a hardware processor parameter).<BR /><BR />Hth,<BR />Benoit Tue, 14 Sep 2004 03:18:30 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/increase-the-process-limit-of-user/m-p/3378403#M14041 benoit Bruckert 2004-09-14T03:18:30Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/increase-the-process-limit-of-user/m-p/3378404#M14042 You can get the process limit given to the user as,<BR /><BR /> ulimit -u<BR /><BR />As a super user we can control the user's process limit with /etc/security/limits.conf<BR />file.<BR /><BR />A related discussion is over,<BR /><A href="http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=691899" target="_blank">http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=691899</A> Tue, 14 Sep 2004 08:24:57 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/increase-the-process-limit-of-user/m-p/3378404#M14042 Muthukumar_5 2004-09-14T08:24:57Z