Limit Number of Process
Now let’s explore more items than mentioned above list. There is one item called nproc by using this option we can limit the number for the user or group ID. So limit the number of processes for user gfg use the following limit.
gfg hard nproc 50
After applying this limit, the user gfg will maximum own 50 processes.
limits.conf File To Limit Users, Process In Linux With Examples
Linux gives full control over the system. In this article, we are going to learn about the file limits.conf. limits.conf is a configuration that is used to limit the resources to the user, groups. Now let’s understand the file structure of limits.conf and how can we use the limits.conf to limit resources to the user. Before moving further, note that to edit this file, you must have root permission.
The complete path of the limits.config is :
/etc/security/limits.conf
pam_module is a module that uses ulimit command to apply limits from limits.conf file.
The basic syntax of the limits.conf file is :
<domain><type><item><value>
Now let’s understand each field one by one