RHEL6: Counter-intuitive failures with process limits

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • setuid() fails with -EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
  • System had hung with following message on the console
fork failed: Resource temporarily unavailable.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6

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