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From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com>
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Subject: how to set resource limits
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last time i set the limits in /etc/login.conf, i couldn't start the
X server (not enough memory allocation).  i don't want to repeat my
previous mistake as to start X again it involved 2-3 reboots.

a few minutes ago, netscape 4.79 swelled to about >500M in both SIZE
and RES as indicated by top(1) (everything slowed, had to kill it).

i had read the man pages for limits, my shell (bash), and
login.conf.  in login.conf, everything is unlimited; current limits
are...


  cputime          infinity secs
  filesize         infinity kb
  datasize           524288 kb
  stacksize           65536 kb
  coredumpsize     infinity kb
  memoryuse        infinity kb
  memorylocked     infinity kb
  maxprocesses         1861
  openfiles            3722
  sbsize           infinity bytes


will (top(1)) "RES" be affected by changing (login.conf(5))
"memoryuse" and "memorylocked" eventually, and "SIZE" by "datasize",
"filesize", and "stacksize"?

how should i start setting/testing resource limits again?

 - parv

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