Se Bo Asked: 2020-03-13 11:54:12 +0800 CST2020-03-13 11:54:12 +0800 CST 2020-03-13 11:54:12 +0800 CST Increase inotify watchers without using root priviledges 772 Is there a way to increase the amount of inotify watchers without having admin privileges? In worst case, with apt-get? I am not admin, but have sudo apt-get install permissions. sudo inotify 1 Answers Voted Eduardo Trápani 2020-03-13T13:22:35+08:002020-03-13T13:22:35+08:00 You cannot do it without root privileges. The limit is there to make sure no user DoS-es the system. You should ask your system administrator for a higher value.
You cannot do it without root privileges. The limit is there to make sure no user DoS-es the system. You should ask your system administrator for a higher value.