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| author | ikerexxe <ipedrosa@redhat.com> | 2020-06-26 12:03:31 +0200 |
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| committer | Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org> | 2020-06-29 08:27:52 +0000 |
| commit | adc037167ad293242d9c69c4d427da1001f26706 (patch) | |
| tree | 14208df0542f7e265c9fe82168d69d89e84afe34 /modules/pam_limits | |
| parent | 54cf7a23982fc68cab488b1639ba7a1cb15742d2 (diff) | |
pam_limits: clarify configuration file
Resolves: https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/pull/249
Diffstat (limited to 'modules/pam_limits')
| -rw-r--r-- | modules/pam_limits/limits.conf | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/modules/pam_limits/limits.conf b/modules/pam_limits/limits.conf index be621a7c..d4ffc17d 100644 --- a/modules/pam_limits/limits.conf +++ b/modules/pam_limits/limits.conf @@ -1,5 +1,16 @@ # /etc/security/limits.conf # +#This file sets the resource limits for the users logged in via PAM. +#It does not affect resource limits of the system services. +# +#Also note that configuration files in /etc/security/limits.d directory, +#which are read in alphabetical order, override the settings in this +#file in case the domain is the same or more specific. +#That means, for example, that setting a limit for wildcard domain here +#can be overriden with a wildcard setting in a config file in the +#subdirectory, but a user specific setting here can be overriden only +#with a user specific setting in the subdirectory. +# #Each line describes a limit for a user in the form: # #<domain> <type> <item> <value> |