From: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@tlen.pl>
To: Tharindu Rukshan Bamunuarachchi <btharindu@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: memory limit/quota per user
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:51:51 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87aar5g2so.fsf@erwin.mina86.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimOB5rMTRmHgz6ZcoTDZhZ3az4LuYdcBx3TRZak@mail.gmail.com> (Tharindu Rukshan Bamunuarachchi's message of "Tue, 8 Jun 2010 11:32:46 +0100")
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Tharindu Rukshan Bamunuarachchi <btharindu@gmail.com> writes:
> Is it possible to limit memory quota per user (like disk quota) in linux ?
>
> AFAIK, RLIMIT_* (i.e. RSS, DATA) are applicable per process not per user.
Unless something has changed recently, not with standard utilities.
Maybe SELinux or similar allows for something like that but otherwise
it's impossible.
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-06-08 10:32 memory limit/quota per user Tharindu Rukshan Bamunuarachchi
2010-06-08 11:51 ` Michal Nazarewicz [this message]
[not found] ` <AANLkTimp6NZgSXfyrwB5GSOFxom6lLYsMBxdENCgqzUI@mail.gmail.com>
2010-06-08 12:41 ` Tharindu Rukshan Bamunuarachchi
2010-06-18 14:34 ` Alex Brandt
2010-06-18 18:56 ` Glynn Clements
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