On 8/14/07, Sander Steffann <s.steffann@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Lim, > > > "Lim Berger" <straightfwd007@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Wow, you are right! The "su - postgres" showed up with wildly > >> different values! Most notably, the "max user processes" is only 20!! > >> Whereas in the regular user stuff it was above 14000. Would you know > >> how to change this in a CentOS Linux machine? Where can I find the > >> startup settings for postgresql? > > > > Yipes, that's pretty bogus. The most likely culprit would be a .profile > > or .bashrc script belonging to the postgres user --- poke around in its > > home directory. > > It might also be in /etc/security/limits.conf. Thanks. I see these two lines in that file: postgres soft nofile 8192 postgres hard nofile 8192 How should I change these values? I am not sure how this reflects the "ulimit" options. Thanks! ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq