Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!husc6!wjh12!maynard!campbell From: campbell@maynard.BSW.COM (Larry Campbell) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: ulimit considered braindamaged ? Message-ID: <791@maynard.BSW.COM> Date: Thu, 1-Jan-87 22:10:53 EST Article-I.D.: maynard.791 Posted: Thu Jan 1 22:10:53 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 2-Jan-87 02:35:35 EST References: <790@maynard.BSW.COM> Reply-To: campbell@maynard.UUCP (Larry Campbell) Organization: The Boston Software Works, Inc. Lines: 18 Keywords: ulimit SysV irksome Summary: yep Many thanks to all those people, too numerous to reply to individually, who responded to my plaint about ulimit. Everyone considered ulimit to be a pain (are you listening, AT&T?). It's an extremely poor substitute for disk quotas. Many people suggested workarounds that are embarrassingly (because I should have thought of them) obvious. These generally involve writing a substitute for /etc/init or /bin/login, that set ulimit to a reasonable number then exec the real init or login. One of these approaches should solve the immediate problem - uucp'ing a large file to my SysV system. Again, thanks to all those who responded. -- Larry Campbell The Boston Software Works, Inc. Internet: campbell@maynard.uucp 120 Fulton Street, Boston MA 02109 uucp: {alliant,wjh12}!maynard!campbell +1 617 367 6846 ARPA: campbell%maynard.uucp@harvisr.harvard.edu MCI: LCAMPBELL