NAME

limits − default resource limits

SYNOPSIS

/etc/limits

DESCRIPTION

The limits file contains default resource limits for users.  The login(1) program scans this file for a username that matches that of the person logging in, or for a "+" entry which is a catch-all -- whichever comes first.  If it finds a match it sets the resource limits in the user’s shell according to the values in the remaining fields.  Each line should have exactly seven fields:

username
CPU utilization time limit, in seconds
file size limit, in kilobytes
data segment size limit, in kilobytes
stack segment size limit, in kilobytes
core file size limit, in kilobytes
resident set size limit, in kilobytes

(See getrlimit(2) for details on resource limits.) Lines that begin with # are comments. Limits for which the field is 0 will remain unchanged. Limits for which the field is -1 will be set to infinity (unlimited). The fields must be delimited by tabs and/or spaces. Both the soft (current) and hard (maximum) limits are set. This file is not examined for super-user logins (uid 0).

FILES

/etc/limits

SEE ALSO

getrlimit(2), csh(1), login(1)

September 02, 1992