[tor-relays] Changing ulimit for debian-tor

[Lluís]

Hello everyone,

> Tor can generally raise the limits itself, though, when started as 
> root. Can you post the error message that caused you to ask this 
> question ?

There's no error message, I followed this thread:

"Tor Server - DDOS or High Load"

there were talking about ulimits and I checked mine.

I also have to confess that there is no

rc_ulimit="-n NNNNNN"

option in my torrc file.

> and tell us how you start Tor?

I start tor as the "debian-tor" user and with the delivered tools,
that is:

/etc/init.d/tor start

Besides that, it seems to be very difficult for my relay (nickname
ione) to get the "guard" flag, and I wondered if it may have any
relation.

Thanks in advance,
Lluís

> Libertas: Hi, Lluís.
> 
> I think the ulimit is set on a per-process basis, inherited from
> the parent process, so raising it in another shell won't change
> anything. This can be seen by opening two terminals on a local
> machine or two SSH sessions on a remote machine and toying with the
> ulimits.
> 
> Tor can generally raise the limits itself, though, when started as 
> root. Can you post the error message that caused you to ask this 
> question, and tell us how you start Tor?
> 
> On 12/10/2014 05:03 PM, Lluís wrote:
>> The limit to open files is set to 1024 by default in my system.
>> So it is for the "debian-tor" user, too. It seems to me a bit
>> low.
> 
>> I tried to rise it a whit through "sudo" and getting a shell for
>>  debian-tor, but it doesn't work.
> 
>> Can I use PAM-LIMIT with tor ? If not, how can I set ulimit for 
>> debian-tor when booting ? And when restarting tor ?
> 
>> BTW, may the open files ulimit preclude a relay to get the
>> "guard" flag ?
> 
>> thanks in advance,
> 
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