ulimit / nofile

[Thomas Møller Andersen <tma it dk>]

Hey!

How do I set the maximum number of open files for a single user? I figured
setting something like this in /etc/security/limit.conf:
tma     hard    nofile  4096

This should allow tma to say 'ulimit -n 4096' in a bash shell!?

Well, it doesn't work and as an extra 'feature' tma is unable to log in
with ssh after adding the above line to limit.conf.

Any advice?

B. regards,
Thomas