1312 – bash: ulimit: cannot modify limit: Operation not permitted

Bug 1312 - bash: ulimit: cannot modify limit: Operation not permitted

Summary: bash: ulimit: cannot modify limit: Operation not permitted

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Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias:	None
Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	bash
Sub Component:
Version:	6.0
Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
Priority:	medium
Severity:	medium
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Cristian Gafton
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TreeView+	depends on / blocked

Reported:	1999-02-24 05:09 UTC by deVries, Alex
Modified:	2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users
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Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	1999-02-24 15:16:54 UTC
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Description deVries, Alex 1999-02-24 05:09:53 UTC

When I telnet in, I get:
Red Hat Linux release 5.8
Kernel 2.2.1-ac3 on an i486
login: adevries
Password:
Last login: Wed Feb 24 03:11:13 from blue
bash: ulimit: cannot modify limit: Operation not permitted
[adevries@green adevries]$ which ulimit
[adevries@green adevries]$ rpm -qa |grep limit
[adevries@green adevries]$

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 1999-02-24 15:16:59 UTC

up|downgrade back to bash 1. It's a change in the ulimit semantics
between bash1 & bash2.

Comment 2 compwiz 1999-11-24 03:17:59 UTC

I recieve the same problem with bash1, but with this message:
ulimit: cannot raise limit: Operation not permitted

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