Should I be worried if the total number of processes is approaching nproc limit?

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As the title suggests, can this be damaging to the system in any way? Or will this just slow the system down?



I could increase the nproc limit in /etc/security/limits.conf and reboot, but I really don't want to reboot the system.






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  • There should also be a run-time entry somewhere in /proc/.
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As the title suggests, can this be damaging to the system in any way? Or will this just slow the system down?



I could increase the nproc limit in /etc/security/limits.conf and reboot, but I really don't want to reboot the system.






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As the title suggests, can this be damaging to the system in any way? Or will this just slow the system down?



I could increase the nproc limit in /etc/security/limits.conf and reboot, but I really don't want to reboot the system.






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As the title suggests, can this be damaging to the system in any way? Or will this just slow the system down?



I could increase the nproc limit in /etc/security/limits.conf and reboot, but I really don't want to reboot the system.






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  • There should also be a run-time entry somewhere in /proc/.
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  • There should also be a run-time entry somewhere in /proc/.
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There should also be a run-time entry somewhere in /proc/.
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There should also be a run-time entry somewhere in /proc/.
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On my system all the nproc entries are commented out. I assume yours has been configured in some way.



The nproc setting is enforced per user or group member. The limits are implemented during logon or session start via PAM's pam_limits.so module. This means that you can change /etc/security/limits.h and it will apply from the next session or login.






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    On my system all the nproc entries are commented out. I assume yours has been configured in some way.



    The nproc setting is enforced per user or group member. The limits are implemented during logon or session start via PAM's pam_limits.so module. This means that you can change /etc/security/limits.h and it will apply from the next session or login.






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      On my system all the nproc entries are commented out. I assume yours has been configured in some way.



      The nproc setting is enforced per user or group member. The limits are implemented during logon or session start via PAM's pam_limits.so module. This means that you can change /etc/security/limits.h and it will apply from the next session or login.






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        On my system all the nproc entries are commented out. I assume yours has been configured in some way.



        The nproc setting is enforced per user or group member. The limits are implemented during logon or session start via PAM's pam_limits.so module. This means that you can change /etc/security/limits.h and it will apply from the next session or login.






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        On my system all the nproc entries are commented out. I assume yours has been configured in some way.



        The nproc setting is enforced per user or group member. The limits are implemented during logon or session start via PAM's pam_limits.so module. This means that you can change /etc/security/limits.h and it will apply from the next session or login.







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