[MPICH] Limiting number of processes

[Jean-Marc Saffroy]

On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Javier Vázquez wrote:

> Eduardo Kienetz wrote:
>> Is it possible to limit the number of processes a user can start?
>> It happens that in the Parallel Programming class some students end up
>> running (maybe by mistake) +100 processes, freezing that node.
>> 
>> Any hints/tips?
>> 
>> Thank you in advance,
>>
>> 
> You must use "ulimit".

On Linux this is often configured through /etc/security/limits.conf.


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