Luo, Ming [CAR:5K36:EXCH] wrote:
> I have Solaris 10 machine that max FD limit shows 1024 every time I log in.
> There are no and value set in /etc/system. So who is setting those value? I
> have another machine shows 256 and 65536. I did not use ulimit set the value
> manually.
>
> # uname -a
> SunOS wcars913 5.10 Generic_118822-25 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-4
> # ulimit -Hn
> 1024
> # ulimit -Sn
> 1024
>
>
> Thanks
> Ming

The values returned are not kernel releated but functions of the shell.

>From the man page:

/usr/bin/ulimit
The ulimit utility sets or reports the file-size writing
limit imposed on files written by the shell and its child
processes (files of any size may be read). Only a process
with appropriate privileges can increase the limit.


Dean

"Luo, Ming [CAR:5K36:EXCH]" writes:

>I have Solaris 10 machine that max FD limit shows 1024 every time I log in.
>There are no and value set in /etc/system. So who is setting those value? I
>have another machine shows 256 and 65536. I did not use ulimit set the value
>manually.

># uname -a
>SunOS wcars913 5.10 Generic_118822-25 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-4
># ulimit -Hn
>1024
># ulimit -Sn
>1024

They can be set in your . scripts or the system's . scripts.

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