Not able to execute commands and get the error "Cannot allocate memory"
Issue
The system has enough memory, but when trying to execute commands, get the error "Cannot allocate memory"
-bash-4.1# free -g
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 94 43 51 0 0 0
-/+ buffers/cache: 42 51
Swap: 19 0 19
-bash-4.1# uname -a
-bash: fork: Cannot allocate memory
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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