Thanks for the reply Manuel. It looks like this file will do everything except what I am looking for. I want to be able to limit the % of cpu for this application, not how long it can run. Thanks, anyway. I wasn't aware of this file before and I may be able to use it in other areas. Regards, Marshall -----Original Message----- From: Manuel Arostegui Ramirez [mailto:manuel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 8:51 AM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list; McDougall, Marshall (FSH) Subject: Re: Limiting cpu usage per process El Martes 01 Marzo 2005 15:35, McDougall, Marshall (FSH) escribió: > I have a situation where I occasionally encounter a runaway vim process. > It eats up all available cpu. I am looking for a way to limit the usage of > said process. I have seen Google results that allude to resource.h, but I > have yet to find a comprehensive method of accomplishing this task. Any > help appreciated. Thanks. > > Regards, Marshall Look at /etc/security/limits.conf -- Manuel Arostegui Ramirez #Linux Registered User 200896 Socio de Hispalinux 1813 Red Hat Linux 9, Kernel 2.6.2 ReiserFS Firma cifrada -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE+3O1MqfmPcHTj+twRAm yDAJ9P6ezepIMg06vOet/YPKxVoB+Z/ACfWVhh ---END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
