"Lim Berger" <straightfwd007@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I think I have located the problem. It is in "/etc/profile" where some > ulimits are added. This is the offending text, I think: > #********************* cPanel Added Limit Protections -- BEGIN > #unlimit so we can run the whoami > ulimit -n 4096 -u 14335 -m unlimited -d unlimited -s 8192 -c 1000000 > -v unlimited 2>/dev/null > LIMITUSER=$USER > if [ -e "/usr/bin/whoami" ]; then > LIMITUSER=`/usr/bin/whoami` > fi > if [ "$LIMITUSER" != "root" ]; then > ulimit -n 100 -u 20 -m 200000 -d 200000 -s 8192 -c 200000 -v > 200000 2>/dev/null > else > ulimit -n 4096 -u 14335 -m unlimited -d unlimited -s 8192 -c > 1000000 -v unlimited 2>/dev/null > fi > #********************* cPanel Added Limit Protections -- END > I am not much of a shell scripter so I am afraid of breaking this, My advice: remove the whole block that you've quoted. After that, find out what "cPanel" is, and get rid of that entire piece of brain-damage. There might be some merit to restrictions as draconian as the above on an overloaded multi-user machine, but there is no call for anything to install restrictions like that behind the back of the machine's admin. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
