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Set System Limits

The entries added to /etc/security/limits.conf

*               hard    nofile          65535
*               soft    nofile          8196
*               hard    nproc           256
*               soft    nproc           128
*               hard    data            8388608
*               soft    data            4194304

have the following effects:

Disable Core Dumps

Add:

* hard core 0

to /etc/security/limits.conf

Disable Core Dumps for SUID Binaries

This can be done with the sysctl option:

fs.suid_dumpable = 0