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Reference the sysctl variables related to various limits.

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Guy Helmer 1999-03-15 15:36:56 +00:00
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.\" 5. Modifications may be freely made to this file providing the above
.\" conditions are met.
.\"
.\" $Id: limits.1,v 1.8 1998/06/04 21:05:58 steve Exp $
.\" $Id: limits.1,v 1.9 1999/02/12 02:12:06 alex Exp $
.\"
.Dd January 15, 1996
.Dt LIMITS 1
@ -196,7 +196,11 @@ size limit.
.It Fl n Op Ar limit
Selects or sets the
.Em openfiles
resource limit.
resource limit. The system-wide limit on the maximum number of
open files per process can be viewed using the 'sysctl kern.maxfilesperproc'
command. The total number of simultaneously open files in the entire
system is limited to the value displayed by the 'sysctl kern.maxfiles'
command.
.It Fl s Op Ar limit
Selects or sets the
.Em stacksize
@ -208,7 +212,11 @@ resource limit.
.It Fl u Op Ar limit
Selects or sets the
.Em maxproc
resource limit.
resource limit. The system-wide limit on the maximum number of processes
allowed per UID can be viewed using the 'sysctl kern.maxprocperuid' command.
The maximum number of processes that can be running simultaneously
in the entire system is limited to the value given by
the 'sysctl kern.maxproc' command.
.Pp
Valid values for 'limit' in the above set of flags consist of either the
string 'infinity' or 'inf' for an infinite (or kernel-defined maximum)
@ -292,7 +300,8 @@ will be whatever the executed program returns.
.Xr getrlimit 2 ,
.Xr setrlimit 2 ,
.Xr login_cap 3 ,
.Xr login.conf 5
.Xr login.conf 5 ,
.Xr sysctl 8
.Sh BUGS
.Nm Limits
does not handle commands with equal (``='') signs in their