Who would win, RLIMIT_NPROC or user namespaces?

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                          Depending on configuration, unprivileged (non-root) processes can create a user namespace.

RLIMIT_NPROC limits the number of processes *per user*.

If I enter a user namespace, can I create processes with different UIDs, and hence exceed my real RLIMIT_NPROC?

Asked by sourcejedi (53232 rep)

Feb 12, 2019, 07:01 PM
Last activity: Feb 13, 2019, 11:04 PM

Who would win, RLIMIT_NPROC or user namespaces?

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