Change ulimit values permanently for a user or all user in Linux If shell limit cannot be changed, then you need to use the launchctl command first, e.g. For the current shell, limit of maximum open files can be changed by: ulimit -n 10240. This will only reset the limit for your current shell and the number you specify must not exceed the hard limit. I didn't know about the per-service overrides. Use the su (1M) command to become root . Method # 3: Configuration . I am not sure whether the stack hard limit should be reduced. The hard limit can be set by the system administrator and be decreased by any user, whereas the soft limit can be set by any user, up to the hard limit. The maximum process running time, expressed in microseconds. For increasing the soft limit from the default 128 to 512 in ksh or sh, use the following command: # ulimit -Sn 512 b. setting hard limit For decreasing the hard limit from the default 65536 to 4096 in csh, use the following command: # limit -h descriptors 4096 Set the ulimit values on UNIX and Linux operating systems CPU time (seconds): ulimit -t unlimited. I wanna change system open files setting permanently, but it doesn't work. The user uses k shell; There is no .kshrc or .login file in its home directory and no entry for ulimit in .profile. Visit our Welcome Center, Oracle Solaris System Administration (MOSC). If so, how close was it? 1) sure. For showing maximum memory size for the current user. The changed user limit is in effect for the current session only. This copy pate of limits.conf file. If RedHat wants their Knowledge base to remain a relevant resource they need to review articles and update them appropriately. +1 . Error fetching grafana info error error from grafana 401 unauthorized Need of changing the default stack size permanently as reported by ulimit esadmin system startall. And ulimit -astill gives a maximum number of open files of 1024. This document describes the various methods available in Solaris 10 and Solaris 11 for setting the limit for the maximum number of open files per process. The soft resource limits are kernel-enforced values for the corresponding resource. Note: If your system doesn't support a feature, the corresponding flag does not work. On one of my servers, I need to set the ulimit value to "unlimited" for the "oracle" user whose current ulimit is 4194303. Visit our Welcome Center, Oracle Solaris System Administration (MOSC).