CentOS - Jul 2011 - Starting asterisk: /usr/sbin/safe_asterisk: line 86: ulimit: open files: cannot modify limit: Operation not permitted

Hi

Please help me understand about the below issue ?

[root at asterisk1 ~]# /etc/init.d/asterisk restart
Stopping safe_asterisk:                                    [  OK  ]
Shutting down asterisk:                                    [  OK  ]
Starting asterisk: /usr/sbin/safe_asterisk: line 86: ulimit: open
files: cannot modify limit: Operation not permitted
                                                           [  OK  ]
(reverse-i-search)`d': /etc/init.d/asterisk restart
[root at asterisk1 ~]# rpm -qa | grep asterisk
asterisk-sounds-core-en-gsm-1.4.21-1_centos5
asterisk18-1.8.4.4-1_centos5
asterisk18-core-1.8.4.4-1_centos5
asterisk18-doc-1.8.4.4-1_centos5
asterisk18-dahdi-1.8.4.4-1_centos5
asterisk18-configs-1.8.4.4-1_centos5
asterisk18-voicemail-1.8.4.4-1_centos5
[root at asterisk1 ~]# uname -a
Linux asterisk1 2.6.18-238.el5 #1 SMP Thu Jan 13 15:51:15 EST 2011
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root at asterisk1 ~]# cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.18-238.el5 (mockbuild at builder10.centos.org) (gcc
version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-48)) #1 SMP Thu Jan 13 15:51:15
EST 2011
[root at asterisk1 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 5.6 (Final)
[root at asterisk1 ~]#

Regards

Kaushal

Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> Hi
>
> Please help me understand about the below issue ?
>
> [root at asterisk1 ~]# /etc/init.d/asterisk restart
> Stopping safe_asterisk:                                    [  OK  ]
> Shutting down asterisk:                                    [  OK  ]
> Starting asterisk: /usr/sbin/safe_asterisk: line 86: ulimit: open
> files: cannot modify limit: Operation not permitted
the message is pretty clear...
man ulimit
looks like that script is non-root when it tries to change the open 
files ulimit, and tries to change it beyond the hard limit. So, fails.
Or if it's not non-root it could be selinux interfering (?).