How To Amend Maximum Number of Processes in RHEL

Files

/etc/security/limits.conf

/etc/security/limits.d

/etc/security/limits.d rewrites /etc/security/limits.conf

How To

Limits.conf File

* soft nproc 65535
* hard nproc 65535

* should be username

Amending Maximum Kernel Limits

Check

# sysctl kernel.pid_max
kernel.pid_max = 32768

OR

# cat /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
32768

Amend

echo 65535 > /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max

Related Issues

Failed to execute /bin/bash: Resource temporarily unavailable

Other Related Inventories

• fsize - maximum filesize (KB)
• cpu - max CPU time (MIN)
• maxlogins - max number of logins for this user