Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 19:33:24 -0500 From: Edwin Culp <eculp@ver1.telmex.net.mx> To: dpetrou@cs.cmu.edu Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ulimit... Message-ID: <357F25D4.524A6BC6@ver1.telmex.net.mx> References: <199806102040.QAA07676@auchroisk.pdl.cs.cmu.edu>
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David Petrou wrote:
>
> (Sorry if I'm writing to the wrong FreeBSD list. "current" seems the
> most applicable to me...)
>
> > Signal 24 is SIGXCPU (exceeded CPU time limit). Check your ulimit
> > settings ("limit" if you use csh) and your login.conf setup.
>
> Have you guys considered turning off limits by default? It seems that
> every FreeBSDer at one time or another is bit by this (including me).
> There must have been at least 50 questions on the FreeBSD lists from
> people wondering why they get SIGXCPU, "out of memory", etc.
>
> If they were off by default, this problem wouldn't exist. And for
> those that do want to turn them on, they can customize login.conf
> based on their system's resources, such as amount of RAM, number of
> users, etc.
>
> David
>
I agree 100%. Most of us have to modify them. I usually remember
after someone has a problem, seldom before:-) It would be mucho
more practical to turn them on if needed.
Ed
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