Su: Cannot set user id: Resource temporarily unavailable

Resource temporarily unavailable, Su: Cannot set user id: Resource temporarily unavailable, Hostripples Web Hosting

Error details:

   # su – Password: su: cannot set user id: Resource temporarily unavailable

Solution:

Edit (add) or change the following values in /etc/security/limits.conf

# vi /etc/security/limits.conf
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*          soft     nproc          2047
*          hard     nproc          16384
*          soft     nofile         1024
*          hard     nofile         65536
-------------

It should be okay now!


Su: Cannot set user id: Resource temporarily unavailable, Hostripples Web Hosting
Vishwajit Kale
Vishwajit Kale blazed onto the digital marketing scene back in 2015 and is the digital marketing strategist of Hostripples, a company that aims to provide affordable web hosting solutions. Vishwajit is experienced in digital and content marketing along with SEO. He's fond of writing technology blogs, traveling and reading.