[Illumos-team] [OpenIndiana Distribution - Feature #286] Default ulmits should be upped

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Issue #286 has been updated by Ken Mays.

Due date set to 2011-09-14
Assignee set to OI illumos
Estimated time set to 8.00


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Feature #286: Default ulmits should be upped
https://www.illumos.org/issues/286

Author: Alasdair Lumsden
Status: Feedback
Priority: Low
Assignee: OI illumos
Category: OS/Net (Kernel and Userland)
Target version: oi_151_stable
Difficulty: Medium
Tags: needs-triage


<pre>
root ~ (pkgdev.openindiana): ulimit -a
core file size          (blocks, -c) unlimited
data seg size           (kbytes, -d) unlimited
file size               (blocks, -f) unlimited
open files                      (-n) 256
pipe size            (512 bytes, -p) 10
stack size              (kbytes, -s) 10240
cpu time               (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes              (-u) 29995
virtual memory          (kbytes, -v) unlimited
</pre>

Thankfully it is no longer 1988. So I'd propose the conservative open files limit be upped to something more sane, such as 32768 (or 1024 at an absolute minimum).

256 is very low and encountered quickly.


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