Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 21 Feb 97 11:00 PST | From | Ian Main <> | Subject | Re: Memory/cpu limits. |
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Gerry S. Hayes writes: > Ian main <imain@vcc.bc.ca> writes: > > I'm sorry, I know this has been brought up many times before, but I was > > just wondering what the state of memory limits are? I know they don't > > work on my 2.0.29.. are they fixed in 2.1 ? > > > > I think it makes more sense to have CPU and memory limits working than > > process limits.. I mean... that's what we're trying to prevent, > > consumption of resources. > > > > You must have some sort of configuration error; memory and CPU limits > work fine in 2.0.29. Note that you need to set the limits; something > like lshell (from sunsite, /pub/Linux/system/mumblemumble) is the > easiest way to do this for all shells. That's not a kernel issue, > though, so either private e-mail (I'd be willing to help you get it > set up) or comp.os.linux.setup is the best forum for discussion.
Hmmm... This is why I was asking... I have lshell set up. And the process limits work. But I brought down my machine with an malloc'ing fork bomb the other day.. with a process limit of 5.
Maybe I don't have it setup right.. I have all the lshells renamed to /bin/bash, /bin/sh etc.. and the real shells in /bin/shells/bash, and /bin/shells/sh respectively.
here's my /etc/limits:
--------------------------------------- // F: Number of file descriptors // P: Number of processes // C: CPU time in minutes // D: Data segment in Megabytes
root - // No limits for root imain - imainb - mmobbs - guest C1P8D2 // Limit guest to 5 minutes CPU time and 8 processes, 5Mb deuce C1P8D5 tmobbs C1P8D5 default C60P40D15 // Default limits, 60 min's CPU time, 30 processes, 15Mb ----------------------------------------
I've been playing around with the settings, so some maybe be a little funky.. I was using the guest account for the experiments.
I just assumed it didn't work.. I'm pretty sure I got it set up right.. but hopefully not :) (easier to fix my setup :) )
How much cpu time is good to set ?
Thanks for the help :)
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