getrlimit.2: Update text on RLIMIT_NOFILE ceiling to refer to /proc/sys/fs/file-max

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2015-01-13 11:31:16 +01:00
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@ -487,8 +487,10 @@ An unprivileged process tried to raise the hard limit; the
capability is required to do this.
Or, the caller tried to increase the hard
.B RLIMIT_NOFILE
limit above the current kernel maximum
.RB ( NR_OPEN ).
limit above the maximum defined by
.IR /proc/sys/fs/nr_open
(see
.BR proc (5))
Or, the calling process did not have permission to set limits
for the process specified by
.IR pid .