How to set limits (ulimit) for services in RHEL6 and older with upstart, sysvinit
Issue
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How to set limits for services started at boot
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Limits are not set for services starting at boot even though they are configured in
/etc/security/limits.confor in files under/etc/security/limits.d -
Restarting the service sets the limits correctly
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Process address space limit is not taking effect following patching
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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