Re: [Sheflug] ulimit

[Barrie Bremner <nospam [at] barriebremner.com>]

>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Collier <pc [at] pecb.worldonline.co.uk> writes:

    Peter> Chris J/#6 wrote:
    >> > > I was just wondering if there was a justification for 40Mb?
    >> I can't see > any security issue or anything. I think it is the
    >> bash default. Suprising > I can't find a reference to the
    >> problem on Google/Deja.  >


    Peter> I have also just installed RH 7.1. In my etc/profile I have
    Peter> a line "ulimit -S -c 1000000 > /dev/null 2>&1

I noticed this too. This is just placing a (-S)oftlimit on (-c)ore
files as far as I can figure from man bash.

This is a good thing.

Haven't looked/noticed the 40Mb limit, but then I haven't started
making iso images recently.

Where is the 40Mb limit set?

Baz.

BTW, nice to see I'm not the only RH user on the list!


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