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. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [log in to unmask] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna