I just logged in on console as root, and ulimit -a reported 256 processes max. So I don't think the problem is with su.
Maybe it's PAM? I wonder where this gets configured? On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, Oliver Elphick wrote: > Brian Greenfield wrote: > >On Fri, 31 Mar 2000 00:12:12 +0900, Junichi Uekawa > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>In Thu, 30 Mar 2000 11:10:20 +0100, de profundis "Oliver Elphick" <[EMAIL > PROTECTED] > >x.co.uk> cum veritas scribat > > > >>and see how many processes root is running ... > > > >237! > > > >Samba running as a daemon rather than from inetd seems to > >have cured it. > > So all of a sudden, any process started through 'su root' is limited by > ulimit, which is counting all processes belonging to root, including daemons. > But a direct login to root is not limited in this way. > > Why this change? and which package changed it? > > -- > Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver > PGP key from public servers; key ID 32B8FAA1 > ======================================== > "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, > patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, > gentleness, self control; against such there is no > law." Galatians 5:22,23 > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
