...limit users to 25 simultaneous processes

[MichaelF]

Where do I see how may processes my vps is running?

thanks
Mike

[GatorDaveC]

Hello,
The actual RLimits can be changed, they are just set in place by default to avoid things like a DDoS attack or simply not realizing you have so many processes running from your user from crashing your VPS.

The easiest way to see how many processes you are running would be to run `ps aux | grep USERNAME | wc-l`.

[MichaelF]

oh i see now. Had thought it was 25 processes for the entire vps itself which confused me.

holy guacamole! you have a lot of posts.

thanks
MIke

[alben]

2^31 = 2,147,483,648 and then subtract 1 = 2,147,483,647 which is generally the largest 32 bit positive number that can be represented.

So I assume GatorDave somehow reset his counter to the largest 32 bit positive integer. I am surprised that the post count is not counting backwards. Because usually if you add 1 to 2,147,483,647 you would get -2,147,483,648.

[GatorDaveC]

Smart man :P You are correct, I did that about 3 years ago when I was fixing something in the database, and decided to do that for the heck of it.

Originally Posted by alben

2^31 = 2,147,483,648 and then subtract 1 = 2,147,483,647 which is generally the largest 32 bit positive number that can be represented.

So I assume GatorDave somehow reset his counter to the largest 32 bit positive integer. I am surprised that the post count is not counting backwards. Because usually if you add 1 to 2,147,483,647 you would get -2,147,483,648.

[Pazeh]

Originally Posted by GatorDaveC

Smart man :P You are correct, I did that about 3 years ago when I was fixing something in the database, and decided to do that for the heck of it.

Fixing??

[Gorkfu]

Can also use the 'top' command for a process list among other useful information.