-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 04:04:13PM +0200, Abd El-Hameed Ayad wrote: > Now, do you have any idea about restricting such situation? Does * mean > restrict root also or just all users except root? * definitively includes root. > > Jim Perrin wrote: > >On 11/21/06, Abd El-Hameed Ayad <hamid at use-trade.com> wrote: > >>Hi, > >> Can modifications to /etc/security/limits.conf cause top process to > >>be automatically killed. > >> > >>First, Here is the contents of the /etc/security/limits.conf > >> > >>* hard cpu 2 > >>* soft nproc 5 > >>* hard nproc 10 > >>mailnull hard nproc 100 > > > >Your numbers seem VERY low except for mailnull. > >I would really recommend restricting user groups instead of > >EVERYTHING. I believe top may be using more resources than you've > >allowed, and is being killed because of it. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos - -- Rodrigo Barbosa "Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur" "Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFYxBopdyWzQ5b5ckRAjRqAKC6sXO2Pri6eGMtI3DxfGg99C6uOwCfb9al pztONDLcriSIda2UA4XnuAM= =GlwB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----