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Ubuntu, Increase number of max open files
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edit /etc/security/limits.conf
# non-root users
* soft nofile 40000
* hard nofile 40000
# root users
root soft nofile 40000
root hard nofile 40000
edit /etc/pam.d/common-session and /etc/pam.d/common-session-noninteractive
add this line
session required pam_limits.so
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yblee85 commented Dec 12, 2017 •
edited

So I did vim /etc/pam.d/su and found:

//Sets up user limits, please uncomment and read /etc/security/limits.conf
//to enable this functionality.
//(Replaces the use of /etc/limits in old login)
session required pam_limits.so

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