How is the nproc hard limit calculated
Issue
- How is the value of the hard limit set? The soft limit can be seen in the
/etc/security/limits.d/*nproc.conf
file.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
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