Ulimit issues

[Joseph Chen]

After modificated /etc/security/limits.conf , the other point is that you
should turn on UsePAM in /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Good Luck!

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 9:26 PM, Barry Brimer <lists at brimer.org> wrote:

> > I tried adding the following to the top of the /etc/sysconfig/xinetd
> > file:
> >    ulimit -Hn 65535
> >    ulimit -Sn 2048
> >
> > and restarting xinetd, but I still get the 1024 limit from ulimit -n
> > after logging in via telnet.
> >
> > Am I doing anything obviously wrong here?
>
> I'm not sure with telnet, but with ssh, you end up with privelege
> separation where the service is not running as root, and therefore is
> unable to manipulate ulimit values.  After you telnet in as userx, do an
> su - userx .. and then run your ulimit query again.
>
> Barry
>
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