Re: Changing SHMMAX

* Adarsh Sharma:

> Please guide  me how to change it  permanently and what is the correct
> value for it.
> I am going for 8GB .

Usually, you can put these lines

kernel.shmall = 9000000000
kernel.shmmax = 9000000000

into /etc/sysctl.conf.  Run "sysctl -p" to activate them.  However,
this is a bit distribution-specific.

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