max user processes question/problemm

GeWa · 04-13-2011, 12:00 AM

Hello.
First i have a question.
When i do the following with logged in with root:

Code:

su user1
ulimit -a

i get

Code:

core file size          (blocks, -c) 200000
data seg size           (kbytes, -d) 200000
scheduling priority             (-e) 0
file size               (blocks, -f) unlimited
pending signals                 (-i) 8027
max locked memory       (kbytes, -l) 32
max memory size         (kbytes, -m) 200000
open files                      (-n) 100
pipe size            (512 bytes, -p) 8
POSIX message queues     (bytes, -q) 819200
real-time priority              (-r) 0
stack size              (kbytes, -s) 8192
cpu time               (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes              (-u) 100
virtual memory          (kbytes, -v) 200000
file locks                      (-x) unlimited

When i login with user1 and do ulimit -a
i get

Code:

core file size          (blocks, -c) 200000
data seg size           (kbytes, -d) 200000
scheduling priority             (-e) 0
file size               (blocks, -f) unlimited
pending signals                 (-i) 8027
max locked memory       (kbytes, -l) 32
max memory size         (kbytes, -m) 200000
open files                      (-n) 100
pipe size            (512 bytes, -p) 8
POSIX message queues     (bytes, -q) 819200
real-time priority              (-r) 0
stack size              (kbytes, -s) 8192
cpu time               (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes              (-u) 20
virtual memory          (kbytes, -v) 200000
file locks                      (-x) unlimited

Why is the max user processes different for the same user?
And how can i change this. I need for this user more then 20 processes...

I hope you can explain and help me with it.

chrism01 · 04-13-2011, 12:17 AM

That's because

Code:

su user

logs you in as target user, but with orig/src user's env.
To get target user's env, you need

Code:

su - user

http://linux.die.net/man/1/su

GeWa · 04-13-2011, 12:29 AM

Yes indeed. I see now that the max users processes are the samen.
I both cases they are 20.

But how can i make them higher?

Edit: Problem is solved. It was a cPanel problemm. I had to disable fork shell protection