Does anyone know of a good way to limit the memory resources a unix user
can take up. Seems like RSS in ulimit it the parameter we're looking
for, but the kernel does not enforce. I'm looking for a way to prevent a
non root user / application account from taking up all the memory
resources on the machine hence forcing a hard reboot because there are
not enough recources to get into the machine.

Take a look at /etc/security/limits

Are you setting just the soft limits? Make sure to set the hard limits.

Ralph

brian0 <brian0@optonline.net> wrote in message news:<HUiDc.7052$OT6.6039614@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.n et>...
> Does anyone know of a good way to limit the memory resources a unix user
> can take up. Seems like RSS in ulimit it the parameter we're looking
> for, but the kernel does not enforce. I'm looking for a way to prevent a
> non root user / application account from taking up all the memory
> resources on the machine hence forcing a hard reboot because there are
> not enough recources to get into the machine.