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- From: umarsa00@ctrvx1.vanderbilt.edu (PROF. A.S. UMAR, (615)322-2459)
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- Subject: xdm consuming ulimit resources
- Message-ID: <18NOV199211475690@ctrvx1.vanderbilt.edu>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 17:47:00 GMT
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- I have an RS/6000 with a bunch of X-stations. We have been running xdm
- for user auth. I have just realized that when I telnet directly to
- the workstation I get different ulimits compared to when I login
- via xdm from a X-station. The effect of this is that I do not have
- enough stack space to run XL fortran. So when you telnet directly the
- fortran works fine but when you login via xdm one gets the error:
- "Could not load program xlfentry
- Error was: Not enough space"
- message. I doubled my ulimits in /etc/security/limits file and restarted the
- system. This worked fine for ulimit -a from a telnet login but not from an
- xdm login. Here is a comperative ulimit -a output for the same user:
-
- via telnet via xdm
- ---------- -------
-
- time unlimited time unlimited
- file 2097151 file unlimited
- data 262144 data 131072
- stack 65536 stack 16384
- memory 32768 memory unlimited
- coredump 2048 coredump unlimited
-
- Where is and why xdm is changing these limits. I don't think xdm itself
- can consume so much. HEEEEEELP!!!!
-
- umar@compsci.cas.vanderbilt.edu Prof.A.S. Umar
- umarsa00@vuctrvax.bitnet Department of Physics & Astronomy
- Tel: (615) 322-2459 Vanderbilt University
- Fax: (615) 343-7263 Nashville, TN 37235
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