> On Sat, 03 Jan 2004, GCS wrote: > I tried that too, but got an "Operation not permitted" message as soon as > I logged in as a regular user.
Exactly. This is a feature. Mere users can't higher their hard limits, so they can't DoS the system. Either use sudo/su for the particular task, or set the limits in the configs of gates to the system, i.e. xdm, login, sshd, &c. -- Jan Minar "Please don't CC me, I'm subscribed." x 7
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