I am having trouble with the default number of open files allowed by PAM. I am running an oracle server on RedHat 8, and when I try to let my export script run from CRON, it tells me that it's getting the linux error "too many open files" ulimit -n shows 1024 if I run it from the SSH session I log in from or if I run it from the cron job which is doing the export script. I have edited /etc/limits.conf to give all users nofile of 8k soft and 20k hard limits, which work for login sessions from the console or if I "su -" to any user, but for SSH sessions and for CRON jobs it seems that 1024 is still the limit. Even with the modified /etc/limits.conf the command ulimit -S -n 8000 gives me an error "operation not permitted" (using the BASH shell) I have already modified the system wide limit of open files to 32k.. My question is How can I disable these pam limits, as Oracle is the only thing running, the limits are mostly useless. I will also accept any answer which tells me how to raise the limits for cron jobs, but ulimit -n 8000 hasn't worked yet. -Thanks =Nathan Lloyd -- Searching for happiness is kinda like looking for your nose in a rosebush: If you stop to smell the flowers, you might just realize you had it all along. _______________________________________________ Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list
