Using the prctl Command

Use the prctl command to make runtime interrogations of and modifications to the resource controls associated with an active process, task, or project on the system. See the prctl(1) man page for more information.

How to Use the prctl Command to Display Default Resource Control Values

This procedure must be used on a system on which no resource controls have been set or changed. There can be only non-default entries in the /etc/system file or in the project database.

• Use the prctl command on any process, such as the current shell that is running.

  # prctl $$ process: 100337: -sh NAME PRIVILEGE VALUE FLAG ACTION RECIPIENT process.max-port-events privileged 65.5K - deny - system 2.15G max deny - process.crypto-buffer-limit system 16.0EB max deny - process.max-crypto-sessions system 18.4E max deny - process.add-crypto-sessions privileged 100 - deny - system 18.4E max deny - process.min-crypto-sessions privileged 20 - deny - system 18.4E max deny - process.max-msg-messages privileged 8.19K - deny - system 4.29G max deny - process.max-msg-qbytes privileged 64.0KB - deny - system 16.0EB max deny - process.max-sem-ops privileged 512 - deny - system 2.15G max deny - process.max-sem-nsems privileged 512 - deny - system 32.8K max deny - process.max-address-space privileged 16.0EB max deny - system 16.0EB max deny - process.max-file-descriptor basic 256 - deny 100337 privileged 65.5K - deny - system 2.15G max deny - process.max-core-size privileged 8.00EB max deny - system 8.00EB max deny - process.max-stack-size basic 8.00MB - deny 100337 privileged 8.00EB - deny - system 8.00EB max deny - process.max-data-size privileged 16.0EB max deny - system 16.0EB max deny - process.max-file-size privileged 8.00EB max deny,signal=XFSZ - system 8.00EB max deny - process.max-cpu-time privileged 18.4Es inf signal=XCPU - system 18.4Es inf none - task.max-cpu-time system 18.4Es inf none - task.max-lwps system 2.15G max deny - project.max-contracts privileged 10.0K - deny - system 2.15G max deny - project.max-device-locked-memory privileged 499MB - deny - system 16.0EB max deny - project.max-port-ids privileged 8.19K - deny - system 65.5K max deny - project.max-shm-memory privileged 1.95GB - deny - system 16.0EB max deny - project.max-shm-ids privileged 128 - deny - system 16.8M max deny - project.max-msg-ids privileged 128 - deny - system 16.8M max deny - project.max-sem-ids privileged 128 - deny - system 16.8M max deny - project.max-tasks system 2.15G max deny - project.max-lwps system 2.15G max deny - project.cpu-shares privileged 1 - none - system 65.5K max none - zone.max-lwps system 2.15G max deny - zone.cpu-shares privileged 1 - none - system 65.5K max none -

  
  

How to Use the prctl Command to Display Information for a Given Resource Control

• Display the maximum file descriptor for the current shell that is running.

  # prctl -n process.max-file-descriptor $$ process: 110453: -sh NAME PRIVILEGE VALUE FLAG ACTION RECIPIENT process.max-file-descriptor basic 256 - deny 110453 privileged 65.5K - deny - system 2.15G max deny