{"id":1019,"date":"2014-12-03T09:39:23","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T09:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?p=1019"},"modified":"2021-02-18T06:47:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T06:47:49","slug":"su-cannot-set-user-id-resource-temporarily-unavailable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/su-cannot-set-user-id-resource-temporarily-unavailable\/","title":{"rendered":"su: cannot set user id: Resource temporarily unavailable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you try to switch user and get the following error:<\/p>\n<div class=\"error-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\"># su -\r\nPassword: \r\nsu: cannot set user id: Resource temporarily unavailable<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>We can resolve the issue by editing the following values in\u00a0<strong>\/etc\/security\/limits.conf<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \"># vi \/etc\/security\/limits.conf<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now change the values in the file as below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"cpanel-files\"><\/div>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">-------------\r\n*          soft     nproc          2047\r\n*          hard     nproc          16384\r\n*          soft     nofile         1024\r\n*          hard     nofile         65536\r\n-------------<\/pre>\n<p>Now try again to switch as a super user.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you try to switch user and get the following error: # su &#8211; Password: su: cannot set user id: Resource temporarily unavailable We can resolve the issue by editing the following values in\u00a0\/etc\/security\/limits.conf # vi \/etc\/security\/limits.conf Now change the values in the file as below: &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- * soft nproc 2047 * hard nproc 16384 [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/su-cannot-set-user-id-resource-temporarily-unavailable\/\">Continue Reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cpanel"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - 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