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

Sat Jul 2 00:29:11 UTC 2011
Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan at gmail.com>

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 11:21 PM, Kaushal Shriyan
<kaushalshriyan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>

Hi Again,

Can someone please reply on my earlier post to this mailing list

Regards

Kaushal