SUMMARY: HELP-MAX. NUM OF PROCESSES PER USER

From: Sanjay Kumar (sanjayk@sdt.com)
Date: Tue Mar 12 1996 - 10:25:55 CST


Original post,

We have a consistent problem with a SAS application , which runs crazy
sometimes, goes into a loop and spawns tons of processes, and they become
zombies. I
> wonder if there is a way to put a cap on max num of processes per user, this
wil stop the escalation of the processes, which ends up crashing the box. I did
a
> little research and found out the parameter 'max_nprocs', which puts a cap on
total number of processes on the system, no good. I'd appreciate any help on
this
> matter and surely will SUMMARIZE.
>
> SYSTEM: SPARC server 2000, solaris 2000, Patch level- 101945-34
>

The Solution,

Kernel parameter: maxuprc (set maxuprc=value, in /etc/system file, or use adb)

THANKS to
Jarod Jenson - Systems Engineer

Again thanks to everybody in the list, it is a wonderful list ;)

Sanjay

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