[root@test ~]# su webapp
su: failed to execute /bin/bash: Resource temporarily unavailable
[root@test ~]# egrep -v "^$|^#" /etc/security/limits.d/20-nproc.conf
* soft nproc 4096
root soft nproc unlimited
[root@test ~]# vim /etc/security/limits.d/20-nproc.conf
# Default limit for number of user\'s processes to prevent
# accidental fork bombs.
# See rhbz #432903 for reasoning.
* soft nproc 65535
root soft nproc unlimited
[root@test ~]# su webapp
[webapp@test root]$