maxuprc

Description

Maximum number of processes that can be created on a system by any one user.

Data Type

Signed integer

Default

max_nprocs - reserved_procs

Range

1 to max_nprocs - reserved_procs

Units

Processes

Dynamic?

No

Validation

Compared to max_nprocs - reserved_procs and set to the smaller of the two.

When to Change

When you want to specify a hard limit for the number of processes a user can create that is less than the default value of however many processes the system can create. Attempting to exceed this limit generates the following warning messages on the console or in the messages file:

out of per-user processes for uid N

Commitment Level

Unstable