On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 08:59:50AM -0400, Mark Haney wrote: > My question is, what ulimit actually limit? Based on what I've > read it seems to only limit BASH related commands (i.e. BASH shell > items, scripts, etc.) and not processes/apps run from a bash shell. > Am I right? Can some one hold my hand and tell me what this does? Well, I won't hold your hand, but I *will* point you to getrlimit(2) and setrlimit(2)... Cheers, -- Dave Ihnat President, DMINET Consulting, Inc. dihnat@xxxxxxxxxx