Re: Setting the maximum number files a user can open

Simone Crider wrote:

>Hi!
>
>I'm in hopes that someone can assist me w/ the following problem ... I
>cannot change the ulimit -n value as a regular user.  I found the
>following documentation ...
>
>
>Setting the maximum number files a user can open   
>By the Red Hat Linux Support Team    
>Issue 
>User wants to let the user open more files than permitted by default. 
>Resolution 
>Here\'s an example on how to give userx the ability to open 16000 file
>concurrently
>
should really read:
Here's an example of how a system administrator (root), can give userx 
the ability....

>
>Set /proc/sys/fs/file-max to the total number of files that can be
>openned by all users (eg. in /etc/sysctl.conf, fs.file-max = 20000, then
>sysctl -p).
>
this is the correct procedure, but it is for root users only!!  this is 
by design.  the purpose
of this system is to limit the maximum amount of files that a user can 
open so that one
user cannot cause a denial of service on the entire system.

>
>edit /etc/security/limits.conf:
>userx hard nofile 16000
>
this file should be modifiable by "root only" as well.

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