Re: memory limit/quota per user

On Tuesday 08 June 2010 5:32:46 am Tharindu Rukshan Bamunuarachchi wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> Is it possible to limit memory quota per user (like disk quota) in 
linux ?
> 
> AFAIK, RLIMIT_* (i.e. RSS, DATA) are applicable per process not per 
user.
> 
> thankx a lot.
> tharindu.
> 
> 
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You can use the pam security limits feature.

Simply check that the module is being loaded in pam.d:

/etc/pam.d/system-auth:session          required        pam_limits.so 

Then use the /etc/security/limits.conf file:
<user> soft|hard memlock <value>

Regards,

Alex Brandt

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