ulimit generates the error: cannot modify limit: Operation not permitted
Issue
- Do you know why the second set to unlimited fails?
prod@bigbox(~)$ ulimit -c unlimited
prod@bigbox(~)$ ulimit -c 4000000
prod@bigbox(~)$ ulimit -c unlimited
-bash: ulimit: core file size: cannot modify limit: Operation not permitted
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5,6
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