Linux Process Management Concepts

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Process

Maximum Number of Processes Allowed on the System

cat /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max

or

sysctl kernel.pid_max

For more details, see sysctl.

Maximum Number of Processes Available to a Single User

The current value can be read and set with ulimit -u.