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-rw-r--r--modules/pam_limits/limits.conf.5.xml8
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b8cde262..87610bab 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-11-24 Tomas Mraz <tm@t8m.info>
+
+ * modules/pam_limits/limits.conf.5.xml: Document the %group syntax.
+
2010-11-18 Tomas Mraz <tm@t8m.info>
* modules/pam_limits/pam_limits.c (pam_parse,pam_sm_open_session):
diff --git a/modules/pam_limits/limits.conf.5.xml b/modules/pam_limits/limits.conf.5.xml
index a9757a7f..e9174bc1 100644
--- a/modules/pam_limits/limits.conf.5.xml
+++ b/modules/pam_limits/limits.conf.5.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@
<listitem>
<para>
the wildcard <emphasis remap='B'>%</emphasis>, for maxlogins limit only,
- can also be used with <emphasis remap='b'>%group</emphasis> syntax.
+ can also be used with <emphasis remap='B'>%group</emphasis> syntax. If the
+ <emphasis remap='B'>%</emphasis> wildcard is used alone it is identical
+ to using <emphasis remap='B'>*</emphasis> with maxsyslogins limit. With
+ a group specified after <emphasis remap='B'>%</emphasis> it limits the total
+ number of logins of all users that are member of the group.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -182,7 +186,7 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><option>maxsyslogins</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>maximum number of logins on system</para>
+ <para>maximum number of all logins on system</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>