Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe wrote:

The command "ulimit" has an option "-t" that can set a limit on processor usage in seconds ... what does that mean?

if u say ulimit of 1 sec, process will be KILLed if it uses more than 1sec of CPU time. (ps reports TIME field)

I want to say something like "only x% on only y processors" if possible. Is there a way to do that?

'nice' might be of help. But percentagewise CPU usage, I think can not be done, but not sure.

Will simply limiting processor usage help solve the problem we faced?

If you use ulimit than your problem might get solved but genuine users might get into problem.

Amish.