The following sample limits.conf file restricts all
users, and then sets different limits for others afterwards. This sample assumes
that you set handles to 8192 in step 4.
* soft nofile 1024
* hard nofile 2048
root soft nofile 4096
root hard nofile 8192
user1 soft nofile 2048
user1 hard nofile 2048
Note that the
* in
the preceding example sets the limits for all users first. These limits are
lower than the limits that follow. The root user has a higher number of allowable
handles open, while number available to user1 is between the two. Make sure
that you read and understand the documentation contained in the limits.conf
file before making changes.