Re: Where is file descriptor value from? other than /etc/system and ulimit - Unix
This is a discussion on Re: Where is file descriptor value from? other than /etc/system and ulimit - Unix ; Casper H.S. Dik wrote:
> "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 ...

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Re: Where is file descriptor value from? other than /etc/system and ulimit
Casper H.S. Dik wrote:
> "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.
>
> Casper
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Casper,
Which man page has that information?
Dean
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Re: Where is file descriptor value from? other than /etc/system and ulimit
"slackware guy" writes:
>Which man page has that information?
Well, technically "none" because all programs which can influence
your running shell can be run from the . files and as such anything
can happen there.
There are also ways to limit file descriptors through projects
(of which there are manual pages).
Casper
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Re: Where is file descriptor value from? other than /etc/system and ulimit
Casper H.S. Dik wrote:
> "slackware guy" writes:
>
>>Which man page has that information?
>
> Well, technically "none" because all programs which can influence
> your running shell can be run from the . files and as such anything
> can happen there.
>
> There are also ways to limit file descriptors through projects
> (of which there are manual pages).
>
> Casper
Thanks Casper