How to set soft and hard limit for max number of open files for individual user in Red Hat Enterprise Linux?

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Issue

  • Steps to set soft and hard limit for max number of open files for individual user

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4,5
  • pam-0-77-66.26
  • pam-0.99.6.2-6

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