[CentOS] Starting asterisk: /usr/sbin/safe_asterisk: line 86: ulimit: open files: cannot modify limit: Operation not permitted

[Kaushal Shriyan]

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg
<Nicolas.Thierry-Mieg at imag.fr> wrote:
> Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Please help me understand about the below issue ?
>>
>> [root at asterisk1 ~]# /etc/init.d/asterisk restart
>> Stopping safe_asterisk:                                    [  OK  ]
>> Shutting down asterisk:                                    [  OK  ]
>> Starting asterisk: /usr/sbin/safe_asterisk: line 86: ulimit: open
>> files: cannot modify limit: Operation not permitted
>
> the message is pretty clear...
> man ulimit
> looks like that script is non-root when it tries to change the open
> files ulimit, and tries to change it beyond the hard limit. So, fails.
> Or if it's not non-root it could be selinux interfering (?).
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Hi

I have disabled SElinux, still no luck. Let me know if you need more
information.

Regards

Kaushal