1 # /etc/security/limits.conf
3 #Each line describes a limit for a user in the form:
5 #<domain> <type> <item> <value>
10 # - a group name, with @group syntax
11 # - the wildcard *, for default entry
13 #<type> can have the two values:
14 # - "soft" for enforcing the soft limits
15 # - "hard" for enforcing hard limits
17 #<item> can be one of the following:
18 # - core - limits the core file size (KB)
19 # - data - max data size (KB)
20 # - fsize - maximum filesize (KB)
21 # - memlock - max locked-in-memory address space (KB)
22 # - nofile - max number of open files
23 # - rss - max resident set size (KB)
24 # - stack - max stack size (KB)
25 # - cpu - max CPU time (MIN)
26 # - nproc - max number of processes
27 # - as - address space limit
28 # - maxlogins - max number of logins for this user
29 # - priority - the priority to run user process with
31 #<domain> <type> <item> <value>
36 #@student hard nproc 20
37 #@faculty soft nproc 20
38 #@faculty hard nproc 50
40 #@student - maxlogins 4