I'm trying to up the number of allowable open files for users. I've added the following line to /etc/sysctl.conf: - fs.file-max=65500 and then added the following lines to /etc/security/limits.conf: - johndoe soft nofile 4096 - johndoe hard nofile 32768 Following a reboot, when johndoes logs in, he does a ulimit -H -n, but still sees 1024. Likewise, when he does a ulimit -n 4096, he gets "bash: ulimit: cannot modify limit: Operation not permitted". What am I missing?
