Limit CPU usage for a user in Ubuntu

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I want to limit the percentage of CPU a user who ssh to my comp can use like say only 25% cpu usage at max. How do i do this in ubuntu ?

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I think you can't do that. What you can do is modifying priority for user. You can do that by editing file : Sets priority for john's processes to 20 (effective after next login). 20 is lowest priority. This way john can use 100% of CPU, but if some…

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