/etc/rctl.conf
Initial settings for rctl(8).
rctl.conf5
Resource limits database defaults
Overview
The /etc/rctl.conf file is read in when the system goes into multi-user mode to set default contents of the RCTL database. The /etc/rctl.conf is in the format of the rctl(8) command, i.e.
subject:subject-id:resource:action=amount/per
Comments are denoted by a “#” at the beginning of a line. Comments can also exist at the end of a line, as seen in the EXAMPLES section, below.
Files
Examples
To limit the number of processes for users in login class "testing", use a rule like
# Resource limits for the "testing" class. loginclass:testing:maxproc:deny=100/user # At most 100 processes per user
Releases
34 releases since FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE; the text changed 21 times.