[Sheflug] ulimit setting in ETerm under Gnome

[Neil McGovern <sheflug [at] xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I've got a slight problem.

My ulimit is set to 100000 when checking in eterm under gdm/gnome.
It's set to unlimited when logging on from a terminal.

/etc/login.defs has
QUOTAS_ENAB             no

When I try to set ulimit manually, this happens:

[maulkin@vivacia:~] $ ulimit
100000
[maulkin@vivacia:~] $ ulimit -f unlimited
-bash: ulimit: file size: cannot modify limit: Operation not permitted
[maulkin@vivacia:~] $ sudo ulimit -f unlimited
sudo: ulimit: command not found
[maulkin@vivacia:~] $ sudo su -

[root@vivacia:~] # ulimit    
100000
[root@vivacia:~] # ulimit -f unlimited
[root@vivacia:~] # ulimit
unlimited
[root@vivacia:~] # logout

[maulkin@vivacia:~] $ ulimit
100000

Any ideas on how I can actually get this to be set to unlimited?

Neil
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