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RCTL.CONF(5)		      File Formats Manual		  RCTL.CONF(5)

NAME
       rctl.conf -- resource limits database defaults

DESCRIPTION
       The /etc/rctl.conf file is read in when the system goes into multi-user
       mode  to	set default contents of	the RCTL database.  The	/etc/rctl.conf
       is in the format	of the rctl(8) command,	i.e.

	     subject:subject-id:resource:action=amount/per

       Comments	are denoted by a "#" at	the beginning of a line.  Comments can
       also exist at the end of	a line,	as seen	in the "EXAMPLES" section, be-
       low.

FILES
       /etc/rctl.conf  Initial settings	for rctl(8).

EXAMPLES
       To limit	the number of processes	for users in  login  class  "testing",
       use a rule like

	     # Resource	limits for the "testing" class.
	     loginclass:testing:nproc:deny=100/user # At most 100 processes per	user

SEE ALSO
       rctl(8)

HISTORY
       The rctl.conf file appeared in FreeBSD 9.0.

FreeBSD	14.3			April 14, 2011			  RCTL.CONF(5)

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