Re: Ubuntu's next release and raising hard ulimit on ubuntu

[Dan Kegel]

Scott wrote:
> So it turns out it's not a kernel config issue per se:
>
> On 03/25/2011 06:05 PM, Tim Gardner wrote:
> > The initial hard limit value is not a CONFIG option...
> > What is the issue with having upstart set this limit early in the boot
> > cycle? Won't all new processes inherit the modified limit?
>
> If that's a good idea then we need to retarget the bug

dank@eniac:~$ dpkg-query -S /etc/security/limits.conf
libpam-modules: /etc/security/limits.conf

That's where the change should go.  No need to modify the kernel.