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NAME
rctl.conf - resource limits database defaults
DESCRIPTION
The /etc/rctl.conf file is read in when the system goes into multi-user
mode to set default contents of the RCTL database. The /etc/rctl.conf is
in the format of the rctl(8) command, i.e.
subject:subject-id:resource:action=amount/per
Comments are denoted by a "#" at the beginning of a line. Comments can
also exist at the end of a line, as seen in the EXAMPLES section, below.
FILES
/etc/rctl.conf Initial settings for rctl(8).
EXAMPLES
To limit the number of processes for users in login class "testing", use
a rule like
# Resource limits for the "testing" class.
loginclass:testing:nproc:deny=100/user # At most 100 processes per user
SEE ALSO
rctl(8)
HISTORY
The rctl.conf file appeared in FreeBSD 9.0.
FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p6 April 14, 2011 FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p6