[wplug] memory cap on programs?

[Poyner, Brandon]

You can limit memory resources using the ulimit (sh) or limit (csh)
commands.

#!/bin/sh

ulimit -d 5000            # max data size of a program is 5 MB
ulimit -s 5000            # max stack size of a program is 5 MB
ulimit -m 15000           # max resident set size is 15 MB
/usr/X11/bin/mozilla

Brandon Poyner
Network Engineer II
CCAC - College Office
412-237-3086


-----Original Message-----
From: John Harrold [mailto:jmh17 at pitt.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 2:53 PM
To: western PA LUG
Subject: [wplug] memory cap on programs?


i have a friend who's installed the latest mozilla happiness on redhat
via
the dag rpm repository: 

http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/

quite frequently, netscape or mozilla goes crazy and starts sucking up
all
the ram. the hard drive grinds away and the system becomes unresponsive.
i
was wondering if it was possible to put a memory cap on a program. that
way
it could be killed automatically if it started getting greedy with
resources.


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