[SOLVED] persistent changes not holding under limits.conf

JockVSJock · 01-19-2017, 01:20 PM

The limits that I've setup as root for user oracle are not holding. These are the changes I've made under /etc/security/limits.conf

Code:

oracle  soft  nofile  4096
oracle  hard  nofile  65536
oracle  soft  nproc   2047
oracle  hard  nproc  16384
oracle  soft  core   10240
oracle  hard  core   32768

I've run both exec bash and rebooted as oracle user and everything is ok, however for the following:

Code:

oracle hard core 32768

Code:

ulimit -Hs 
unlimited

So there is something somewhere that is keeping at unlimited Vs the value that I set it at. I'm not sure where it is. I did find /lib64/security/pam_limits.so, however that is a so file, nothing to change there.

I did find the following, however still didn't work.

http://geekswing.com/geek/quickie-tu...ck-hard-stack/

http://www.unixarena.com/2013/12/how...in-redhat.html

thanks

hydrurga · 01-20-2017, 06:22 AM

I don't know if you are using the same version of ulimit than the manual I read on-line, but -Hs appears to be for the stack, not the core. -Hc appears to be for the core.

JockVSJock · 01-20-2017, 07:51 AM

I don't have a complete understanding of all of the values that can be set under the limits.conf file.

I'm going off of a Oracle 12C Quick Installation Guide .pdf file from here:

https://docs.oracle.com/database/121...c.htm#BABFIDJF

...from page 25

Code:

Check the soft limit for the stack setting. Ensure that the result is in the
recommended range. For example:

$ ulimit -Ss
10240

$ ulimit -Hs
32768

...BUT...now that I've read thru the doc again I change out core for stack, ran exec bash and logged in as oracle and was able to see those values when testing.

Quote:

Size of the stack segment of
the process

stack at least 10240 at least 10240, and at
most 32768

thanks!