# the amount of memory consumed per user

**URL:** <https://community.unix.com/t/the-amount-of-memory-consumed-per-user/167054>\
**Category:** UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users\
**Created:** [November 22, 2006, 4:16am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/the-amount-of-memory-consumed-per-user/167054 "2006-11-22T04:16:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![big123456](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/big123456/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@big123456](https://community.unix.com/u/big123456)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 4:16am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/the-amount-of-memory-consumed-per-user/167054/1 "2006-11-22T04:16:45Z")

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Hi,  
under UNIX AIX how determine the amount of memory consumed per user ?  
Many thanks before.

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**Author:** ![sumitpandya](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/sumitpandya/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@sumitpandya](https://community.unix.com/u/sumitpandya)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 4:22am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/the-amount-of-memory-consumed-per-user/167054/2 "2006-11-24T04:22:34Z")

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You must have support of pam in "login" then you add entry of pam\_limits for login. This limit module of pam read values of different system resources from /etc/security/limits.conf file.