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26.Dd April 14, 2011
27.Dt RCTL.CONF 5
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm rctl.conf
31.Nd resource limits database defaults
32.Sh DESCRIPTION
33The
34.Pa /etc/rctl.conf
35file is read in when the system goes into multi-user mode to set default
36contents of the RCTL database.
37The
38.Pa /etc/rctl.conf
39is in the format of the
40.Xr rctl 8
41command, i.e.\&
42.Bd -literal -offset indent
43subject:subject-id:resource:action=amount/per
44.Ed
45.Pp
46Comments are denoted by a
47.Dq #
48at the beginning of a line.
49Comments can also exist at the end of a line,
50as seen in the
51.Sx EXAMPLES
52section, below.
53.Sh FILES
54.Bl -tag -width /etc/rctl.conf -compact
55.It Pa /etc/rctl.conf
56Initial settings for
57.Xr rctl 8 .
58.El
59.Sh EXAMPLES
60To limit the number of processes for users in login class "testing",
61use a rule like
62.Bd -literal -offset indent
63# Resource limits for the "testing" class.
64loginclass:testing:nproc:deny=100/user # At most 100 processes per user
65.Ed
66.Sh SEE ALSO
67.Xr rctl 8
68.Sh HISTORY
69The
70.Nm
71file appeared in
72.Fx 9.0 .
73