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Ubuntu Server Cookbook
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Ubuntu Server Cookbook

by Uday Sawant
June 2016
Beginner
456 pages
9h 31m
English
Packt Publishing
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Setting resource limits with limits.conf

Ubuntu is a multiuser and multi-process operating system. If a single user or process is consuming too many resources, other processes might not be able to use the system. In this recipe, you will see how to set resource limits to avoid such problems.

Getting ready

User account with root privileges is required.

How to do it...

Following are the steps to set the resource limits:

  1. Check the CPU use limit with $ulimit –t.
  2. To set new limit, open limits.conf with the following command:
    $sudo nano /etc/security/limits.conf
    
  3. Scroll to the end of the file and add following lines:
    username  soft  cpu  0  # max cpu time in minutes
    username  hard  cpu  1000 # max cpu time in minutes
    
  4. Enter Ctrl + O to save the changes.
  5. Enter Ctrl ...
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