On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 7:55 PM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote: > On 12/17/2013 4:33 PM, Lists wrote: >> This large value doesn't really make sense to me - can somebody explain >> why the change to such a large value? > > its just a limit, it has no impact unless someone claims too much shared > memory. > > the only place it makes sense to set it small is on a shared ssytem with > potentially hostile users who might think its funny to allocate too much > and cause a denial of service.... eg, Students. Thank the gods there are so few networked systems these days! Paco Marmotta