Re: initdb fails on Centos 5.4 x64

> > The solution is very simple and can be done in the cPanel configuration, just disabled "Shell Fork Bomb Protection" in the security center. That's all. The ulimit restrictions are removed!
>
> Huh, that's interesting. With a name like that, I'd have thought it
> would set limits on number of processes, not virtual memory size.
> What ulimit settings did it change exactly?

"Shell Fork Bomb Protection"
Description:
Fork Bomb Protection will prevent users with terminal access (ssh/telnet) from using up all the resources on the server. Unchecked resource allocation can potentially lead to a server crash.
It is recommended that this protection be enabled for servers providing terminal access.

The only thing I discoverd if enabled is the following entry in /etc/profile (if disabled, there is no ulimit set)

#cPanel Added Limit Protections -- BEGIN

#unlimit so we can run the whoami
ulimit -n 4096 -u 14335 -m unlimited -d unlimited -s 8192 -c 1000000 -v unlimited 2>/dev/null

LIMITUSER=$USER
if [ -e "/usr/bin/whoami" ]; then
LIMITUSER=`/usr/bin/whoami`
fi
if [ "$LIMITUSER" != "root" ]; then
ulimit -n 100 -u 20 -m 200000 -d 200000 -s 8192 -c 200000 -v 200000 2>/dev/null
else
ulimit -n 4096 -u 14335 -m unlimited -d unlimited -s 8192 -c 1000000 -v unlimited 2>/dev/null
fi
#cPanel Added Limit Protections -- END