Hi,

We install linux redhat 3.0 update with the default parameter.

When we make a ulimit -l the max locked memory is set to 4kb.

We have an application that crash on regular base (sde) and the responsable of this application ask us to put the ulimit -l to unlimited.

I am looking around to found information on this parameter but can't find any except the definition in the man page that say :

The maximum size that may be locked into memory

What does it mean?

Is there any consequence to initialize it to unlimited?

Thank for any info

Andre

Yes, if you have an app running with a memory leak it will eventually use up all your available RAM, and bring your box to a crawl. I would suggest not making it unlimited, but rather, lower than the amount of RAM you have available after everything that needs to be running is started up.

You are not seriously running RHAT 3.0 are you?

Hi,

Thank for the info

The sde application does have a memory leak. It will only be corrected in release 9.2 so I'll do as you say.

Yes we do run REHDAT ES 3.0 update 2. Is there a problem?

Andre

Ah, see you didn't mention enterprise before, so I thought you meant Redhat 3.0 which is probably some 10 years old