On Sat, 3 Sep 2011, Federico Alves wrote:

>>
>> I am using SL 6.1 64 Bits. There is a difference with Red Hat that is
>> affecting me and I cannot figure out where is the difference, because I
>> compared and all configuration files are identical.
> Every time I login, I get this message:
> -bash: ulimit: open files: cannot modify limit: Operation not permitted
>
> This is because in my /etc/profile I have
> ulimit -S -c 0 > /dev/null 2>&1
> ulimit -c unlimited
> ulimit -n 2548576
> ulimit -i 2548576

[ Why both ulimit "-S -c 0" and "ulimit -c unlimited"
   - wont the second override the first ? ]

Hmm. 'man ulimit' on SL6.1 says
               -n     The  maximum  number of open file descriptors (most
 		     systems do not allow this value to be set)

What does it say on Red Hat ? Which Red Hat ?

> However, I have the same exact setup for all my Red Hat machines and there
> is no issue or error. I am of course logging in as root, not an
> unprivileged user.

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