[asterisk-users] Starting asterisk: /usr/sbin/safe_asterisk: line 86: ulimit: open files: cannot modify limit: Operation not permitted

[Eric Wieling]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of
> Kaushal Shriyan
> Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 8:28 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Starting asterisk:
> /usr/sbin/safe_asterisk: line 86: ulimit: open files: cannot
> modify limit: Operation not permitted
>
> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Kaushal Shriyan
> <kaushalshriyan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Please help me understand about the below issue ?
> >
> > [root at asterisk1 ~]# /etc/init.d/asterisk restart Stopping
> > safe_asterisk:                                    [  OK  ] Shutting
> > down asterisk:                                    [  OK  ] Starting
> > asterisk: /usr/sbin/safe_asterisk: line 86: ulimit: open
> > files: cannot modify limit: Operation not permitted
> >                                                           [  OK  ]
> > (reverse-i-search)`d': /etc/init.d/asterisk restart
> > [root at asterisk1 ~]# rpm -qa | grep asterisk
> > asterisk-sounds-core-en-gsm-1.4.21-1_centos5
> > asterisk18-1.8.4.4-1_centos5
> > asterisk18-core-1.8.4.4-1_centos5
> > asterisk18-doc-1.8.4.4-1_centos5
> > asterisk18-dahdi-1.8.4.4-1_centos5
> > asterisk18-configs-1.8.4.4-1_centos5
> > asterisk18-voicemail-1.8.4.4-1_centos5
> > [root at asterisk1 ~]# uname -a
> > Linux asterisk1 2.6.18-238.el5 #1 SMP Thu Jan 13 15:51:15 EST 2011
> > x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> > [root at asterisk1 ~]# cat /proc/version
> > Linux version 2.6.18-238.el5 (mockbuild at builder10.centos.org) (gcc
> > version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-48)) #1 SMP Thu Jan
> 13 15:51:15
> > EST 2011
> > [root at asterisk1 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS release
> 5.6 (Final)
> > [root at asterisk1 ~]#
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Kaushal
> >
>
> Hi Again,
>
> Can someone please reply on my earlier post to this emailing list.

This is an operating system question.  The link is for core size, but the basic concept should work for open files as well.

http://superuser.com/questions/79717/bash-ulimit-core-file-size-cannot-modify-limit-operation-not-permitted