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Tomas.R
Asked: 2020-12-09 03:40:06 +0800 CST

updatedb : File size limit exceeded (18.04 LTS)

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Whenever I run a command :

updatedb

I get the message :

File size limit exceeded (core dumped)

Why is that ?

I know that locate command utilizes a database created by a related utility, updatedb. Most Linux systems run this automatically once a day. However, you can update it at any time by just running updatedb from the command line as the root user.

update :

root@node1:~# ulimit -a

core file size          (blocks, -c) 0
data seg size           (kbytes, -d) unlimited
scheduling priority             (-e) 0
file size               (blocks, -f) 2001
pending signals                 (-i) 23227
max locked memory       (kbytes, -l) 65536
max memory size         (kbytes, -m) unlimited
open files                      (-n) 1024
pipe size            (512 bytes, -p) 8
POSIX message queues     (bytes, -q) 819200
real-time priority              (-r) 0
stack size              (kbytes, -s) 8192
cpu time               (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes              (-u) 23227
virtual memory          (kbytes, -v) unlimited
file locks                      (-x) unlimited
locate updatedb

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Your file size is limited to 2001 blocks.

    As per this tutorial increase it using:

    vi /etc/security/limits.conf

    By comparison my system which is stock has:

    $ ulimit -a
core file size          (blocks, -c) 0
data seg size           (kbytes, -d) unlimited
scheduling priority             (-e) 0
file size               (blocks, -f) unlimited
pending signals                 (-i) 127556
max locked memory       (kbytes, -l) 64
max memory size         (kbytes, -m) unlimited
open files                      (-n) 1024
pipe size            (512 bytes, -p) 8
POSIX message queues     (bytes, -q) 819200
real-time priority              (-r) 0
stack size              (kbytes, -s) 8192
cpu time               (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes              (-u) 127556
virtual memory          (kbytes, -v) unlimited
file locks                      (-x) unlimited
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