title: How can I have a 66MB job config in a job tracker while jobconf.limit is set to 5MB?
body: <p>How can I have a 66MB job config in a job tracker while <code>mapred.user.jobconf.limit</code> is set to 5MB ?</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ ls -lh /mapred/jt/jobTracker/job_201309061800_0037.xml
  -rwxr-xr-x 1 mapred mapred 66M Sep  6 22:21 /mapred/jt/jobTracker/job_201309061800_0037.xml
  
  $ cat /mapred/jt/jobTracker/job_201309061800_0037.xml | grep mapred.user.jobconf.limit
  &lt;property&gt;&lt;name&gt;mapred.user.jobconf.limit&lt;/name&gt;&lt;value&gt;5242880&lt;/value&gt;&lt;source&gt;mapred-default.xml&lt;/source&gt;&lt;/property&gt;
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