Re: Users ressources management question

Chris Wedgwood (cw@ix.net.nz)
Thu, 22 Apr 1999 13:48:13 +1200


On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 09:15:47PM -0400, A Dark Elf wrote:

> I'm wondering if there is some hard limits implemented in the Linux
> kernel that allows me to set limits like a process can't use >50%
> CPU for 5mins, or no process can use more than 50M mem..

Not 50% CPU, but you can limit the total CPU time available.

> I know about bash's ulimit command but the user can fix it and it's
> still soft..

ulimit -H -- hard limits -- absolute maximum setable on via root
ulimit -S -- soft limits -- soft upper limit, any user can set these

-cw

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