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Frank Lepera

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Feb 13, 1998, 3:00:00 AM2/13/98
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When bind-8.1.1 is started the following informational message
appears in the syslog...

Feb 13 14:19:35 ns1.bnl.gov named[1986]:
"cannot set resource limits on this system"

I can't find any information regarding this message.
What does this mean?
Any help would be appreciated.

Frank Lepera fl...@bnl.gov
Network Engineering Section, CCD
Brookhaven National Laboratory [516]344-4183

Chris Thompson

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Feb 14, 1998, 3:00:00 AM2/14/98
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In article <1998021319...@sunspot.ccd.bnl.gov>,

Frank Lepera <fl...@sunspot.ccd.bnl.gov> wrote:
>
>When bind-8.1.1 is started the following informational message
>appears in the syslog...
>
>Feb 13 14:19:35 ns1.bnl.gov named[1986]:
> "cannot set resource limits on this system"
>
>I can't find any information regarding this message.
>What does this mean?

It means that BIND thinks your operating system does not support the
setrlimit(2) / getrlimit(2) system calls. It produces the message
regardless of whether you have used any of the resource-control
suboptions (coresize, datasize, stacksize, files) in the "options"
statement.

If you think your operating system _does_ support setrlimit/getrlimit,
then you should examine the src/port/*/include/port_after.h file to
see whether its author agreed with you. Add a "#define HAVE_GETRUSAGE"
if you think you know better. If your operating system is Solaris 2,
then you _do_ know better...

Chris Thompson Cambridge University Computing Service,
Email: ce...@ucs.cam.ac.uk New Museums Site, Cambridge CB2 3QG,
Phone: +44 1223 334715 United Kingdom.

Barry Margolin

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Feb 14, 1998, 3:00:00 AM2/14/98
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In article <1998021319...@sunspot.ccd.bnl.gov>,
Frank Lepera <fl...@sunspot.ccd.bnl.gov> wrote:
>
>When bind-8.1.1 is started the following informational message
>appears in the syslog...
>
>Feb 13 14:19:35 ns1.bnl.gov named[1986]:
> "cannot set resource limits on this system"

It means that BIND doesn't know how to implement the "coresize",
"datasize", "stacksize", or "files" process limits on your OS.

If you're not using these options, ignore the message.

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