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diff --git a/man/man5/limits.5 b/man/man5/limits.5 deleted file mode 100644 index 11c6c7d3..00000000 --- a/man/man5/limits.5 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,277 +0,0 @@ -'\" t -.\" Title: limits -.\" Author: Luca Berra -.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.76.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 05/25/2012 -.\" Manual: File Formats and Conversions -.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.1.5.1 -.\" Language: English -.\" -.TH "LIMITS" "5" "05/25/2012" "shadow\-utils 4\&.1\&.5\&.1" "File Formats and Conversions" -.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- -.\" * Define some portability stuff -.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- -.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 -.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html -.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq -.el .ds Aq ' -.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- -.\" * set default formatting -.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- -.\" disable hyphenation -.nh -.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) -.ad l -.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- -.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * -.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- -.SH "NAME" -limits \- resource limits definition -.SH "DESCRIPTION" -.PP -The -\fIlimits\fR -file (/etc/limits -by default or LIMITS_FILE defined -config\&.h) describes the resource limits you wish to impose\&. It should be owned by root and readable by root account only\&. -.PP -By default no quota is imposed on \*(Aqroot\*(Aq\&. In fact, there is no way to impose limits via this procedure to root\-equiv accounts (accounts with UID 0)\&. -.PP -Each line describes a limit for a user in the form: -.PP - -\fIuser LIMITS_STRING\fR -.PP -or in the form: -.PP - -\fI@group LIMITS_STRING\fR -.PP -The -\fILIMITS_STRING\fR -is a string of a concatenated list of resource limits\&. Each limit consists of a letter identifier followed by a numerical limit\&. -.PP -The valid identifiers are: -.sp -.RS 4 -.ie n \{\ -\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c -.\} -.el \{\ -.sp -1 -.IP \(bu 2.3 -.\} -A: max address space (KB) -.RE -.sp -.RS 4 -.ie n \{\ -\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c -.\} -.el \{\ -.sp -1 -.IP \(bu 2.3 -.\} -C: max core file size (KB) -.RE -.sp -.RS 4 -.ie n \{\ -\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c -.\} -.el \{\ -.sp -1 -.IP \(bu 2.3 -.\} -D: max data size (KB) -.RE -.sp -.RS 4 -.ie n \{\ -\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c -.\} -.el \{\ -.sp -1 -.IP \(bu 2.3 -.\} -F: maximum filesize (KB) -.RE -.sp -.RS 4 -.ie n \{\ -\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c -.\} -.el \{\ -.sp -1 -.IP \(bu 2.3 -.\} -K: file creation mask, set by -\fBumask\fR(2)\&. -.RE -.sp -.RS 4 -.ie n \{\ -\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c -.\} -.el \{\ -.sp -1 -.IP \(bu 2.3 -.\} -I: max nice value (0\&.\&.39 which translates to 20\&.\&.\-19) -.RE -.sp -.RS 4 -.ie n \{\ -\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c -.\} -.el \{\ -.sp -1 -.IP \(bu 2.3 -.\} -L: max number of logins for this user -.RE -.sp -.RS 4 -.ie n \{\ -\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c -.\} -.el \{\ -.sp -1 -.IP \(bu 2.3 -.\} -M: max locked\-in\-memory address space (KB) -.RE -.sp -.RS 4 -.ie n \{\ -\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c -.\} -.el \{\ -.sp -1 -.IP \(bu 2.3 -.\} -N: max number of open files -.RE -.sp -.RS 4 -.ie n \{\ -\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c -.\} -.el \{\ -.sp -1 -.IP \(bu 2.3 -.\} -O: max real time priority -.RE -.sp -.RS 4 -.ie n \{\ -\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c -.\} -.el \{\ -.sp -1 -.IP \(bu 2.3 -.\} -P: process priority, set by -\fBsetpriority\fR(2)\&. -.RE -.sp -.RS 4 -.ie n \{\ -\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c -.\} -.el \{\ -.sp -1 -.IP \(bu 2.3 -.\} -R: max resident set size (KB) -.RE -.sp -.RS 4 -.ie n \{\ -\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c -.\} -.el \{\ -.sp -1 -.IP \(bu 2.3 -.\} -S: max stack size (KB) -.RE -.sp -.RS 4 -.ie n \{\ -\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c -.\} -.el \{\ -.sp -1 -.IP \(bu 2.3 -.\} -T: max CPU time (MIN) -.RE -.sp -.RS 4 -.ie n \{\ -\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c -.\} -.el \{\ -.sp -1 -.IP \(bu 2.3 -.\} -U: max number of processes -.RE -.PP -For example, -\fIL2D2048N5\fR -is a valid -\fILIMITS_STRING\fR\&. For reading convenience, the following entries are equivalent: -.sp -.if n \{\ -.RS 4 -.\} -.nf - username L2D2048N5 - username L2 D2048 N5 - -.fi -.if n \{\ -.RE -.\} -.PP -Be aware that after -\fIusername\fR -the rest of the line is considered a limit string, thus comments are not allowed\&. A invalid limits string will be rejected (not considered) by the -\fBlogin\fR -program\&. -.PP -The default entry is denoted by username "\fI*\fR"\&. If you have multiple -\fIdefault\fR -entries in your -\fILIMITS_FILE\fR, then the last one will be used as the default entry\&. -.PP -The limits specified in the form "\fI@group\fR" apply to the members of the specified -\fIgroup\fR\&. -.PP -If more than one line with limits for an user exist, only the first line for this user will be considered\&. -.PP -If no lines are specified for an user, the last -\fI@group\fR -line matching a group whose the user is a member of will be considered, or the last line with default limits if no groups contain the user\&. -.PP -To completely disable limits for a user, a single dash "\fI\-\fR" will do\&. -.PP -To disable a limit for a user, a single dash "\fI\-\fR" can be used instead of the numerical value for this limit\&. -.PP -Also, please note that all limit settings are set PER LOGIN\&. They are not global, nor are they permanent\&. Perhaps global limits will come, but for now this will have to do ;) -.SH "FILES" -.PP -/etc/limits -.RS 4 -.RE -.SH "SEE ALSO" -.PP - -\fBlogin\fR(1), -\fBsetpriority\fR(2), -\fBsetrlimit\fR(2)\&. |