Hi, Thomas.
May be you should try to set it to some reasonably high value instead?
To be honest, this has little to do with Gluu itself, as it's a routine linux administrative task, and users are encouraged to search for help from his/her distribution's community/documentation in case of any doubt.
Maintaining Gluu-related documentation is by itself quite challenging task, and it's impossible (and infeasible) to track all specifics of 3rd-parties products too. Everything on docs portal that isn't directly related to Gluu should be treated as general guidance, not step by step instructions.