diff -up ntp-4.2.2p1/ntpd/ntpd.c.ulimit ntp-4.2.2p1/ntpd/ntpd.c --- ntp-4.2.2p1/ntpd/ntpd.c.ulimit 2011-03-24 18:31:45.613575853 +0100 +++ ntp-4.2.2p1/ntpd/ntpd.c 2011-03-24 18:31:45.702558054 +0100 @@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ ntpdmain( * fail if we drop root privlege. To be useful the value * has to be larger than the largest ntpd resident set size. */ - rl.rlim_cur = rl.rlim_max = 32*1024*1024; + rl.rlim_cur = rl.rlim_max = 64*1024*1024; if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK, &rl) == -1) { msyslog(LOG_ERR, "Cannot set RLIMIT_MEMLOCK: %m"); }