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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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