Re: ULIMIT setting: Urgent Please Help

Raja,

I had a similar problem, but when I changed my shell to the posix shell, then it would let me do the ulimit unlimited command. Hope this helps.

Lisa

On Wed, 23 May 2001, Viraj Luthra wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I am trying to install oracle 8.0.5.0.0 on SCO Unix Ware 7.1.1.
>
> While trying to install Oracle, the Oracle Installer bombs out, because it says that
>my ulimit is not high enough. It needs the ulimit to be 2113674. But my hard limit of
>ulimit is 2097152. This figure is less than what Oracel needs.
>
> Now I have tried to put ULIMIT=unlimited in the /etc/default/login file but this is
>of no use. Also I have tried to set
>
> ulimit unlimited
>
> but at the unix prompt I get the error that, the value is exceeded and I cannot set
>the value as unlimited.
>
> Now can you please help me in trying to set the value as unlimited some how so that
>the oracle installer does not get object, and I can install the product.
>
> Thanks and Regards,
>
> Raja
>
>
>
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