Cannot modify ulimit, error "bash: ulimit: cannot modify limit: Invalid argument"

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Issue

  • Cannot modify shell resource limit with the ulimit command. The following error is returned:
#ulimit -S -c unlimited
bash: ulimit: core file size: cannot modify limit: Invalid argument

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3

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