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diff --git a/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_limits/pam_limits.8.xml b/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_limits/pam_limits.8.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 98afdcd4..00000000 --- a/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_limits/pam_limits.8.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,256 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> -<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN" - "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd"> - -<refentry id='pam_limits'> - - <refmeta> - <refentrytitle>pam_limits</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> - <refmiscinfo class='setdesc'>Linux-PAM Manual</refmiscinfo> - </refmeta> - - <refnamediv id='pam_limits-name'> - <refname>pam_limits</refname> - <refpurpose> - PAM module to limit resources - </refpurpose> - </refnamediv> - -<!-- body begins here --> - - <refsynopsisdiv> - <cmdsynopsis id="pam_limits-cmdsynopsis"> - <command>pam_limits.so</command> - <arg choice="opt"> - change_uid - </arg> - <arg choice="opt"> - conf=<replaceable>/path/to/limits.conf</replaceable> - </arg> - <arg choice="opt"> - debug - </arg> - <arg choice="opt"> - utmp_early - </arg> - <arg choice="opt"> - noaudit - </arg> - </cmdsynopsis> - </refsynopsisdiv> - - - <refsect1 id="pam_limits-description"> - <title>DESCRIPTION</title> - <para> - The pam_limits PAM module sets limits on the system resources that can be - obtained in a user-session. Users of <emphasis>uid=0</emphasis> are affected - by this limits, too. - </para> - <para> - By default limits are taken from the <filename>/etc/security/limits.conf</filename> - config file. Then individual files from the <filename>/etc/security/limits.d/</filename> - directory are read. The files are parsed one after another in the order of "C" locale. - The effect of the individual files is the same as if all the files were - concatenated together in the order of parsing. - If a config file is explicitely specified with a module option then the - files in the above directory are not parsed. - </para> - <para> - The module must not be called by a multithreaded application. - </para> - <para> - If Linux PAM is compiled with audit support the module will report - when it denies access based on limit of maximum number of concurrent - login sessions. - </para> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1 id="pam_limits-options"> - <title>OPTIONS</title> - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term> - <option>change_uid</option> - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Change real uid to the user for who the limits are set up. Use this - option if you have problems like login not forking a shell for user - who has no processes. Be warned that something else may break when - you do this. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term> - <option>conf=<replaceable>/path/to/limits.conf</replaceable></option> - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Indicate an alternative limits.conf style configuration file to - override the default. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term> - <option>debug</option> - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Print debug information. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term> - <option>utmp_early</option> - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Some broken applications actually allocate a utmp entry for - the user before the user is admitted to the system. If some - of the services you are configuring PAM for do this, you can - selectively use this module argument to compensate for this - behavior and at the same time maintain system-wide consistency - with a single limits.conf file. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term> - <option>noaudit</option> - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Do not report exceeded maximum logins count to the audit subsystem. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1 id="pam_limits-services"> - <title>MODULE SERVICES PROVIDED</title> - <para> - Only the <option>session</option> service is supported. - </para> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1 id="pam_limits-return_values"> - <title>RETURN VALUES</title> - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term>PAM_ABORT</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Cannot get current limits. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>PAM_IGNORE</term> - <listitem> - <para> - No limits found for this user. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>PAM_PERM_DENIED</term> - <listitem> - <para> - New limits could not be set. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>PAM_SERVICE_ERR</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Cannot read config file. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>PAM_SESSEION_ERR</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Error recovering account name. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>PAM_SUCCESS</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Limits were changed. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>PAM_USER_UNKNOWN</term> - <listitem> - <para> - The user is not known to the system. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1 id="pam_limits-files"> - <title>FILES</title> - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term><filename>/etc/security/limits.conf</filename></term> - <listitem> - <para>Default configuration file</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1 id='pam_limits-examples'> - <title>EXAMPLES</title> - <para> - For the services you need resources limits (login for example) put a - the following line in <filename>/etc/pam.d/login</filename> as the last - line for that service (usually after the pam_unix session line): - </para> - <programlisting> -#%PAM-1.0 -# -# Resource limits imposed on login sessions via pam_limits -# -session required pam_limits.so - </programlisting> - <para> - Replace "login" for each service you are using this module. - </para> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1 id="pam_limits-see_also"> - <title>SEE ALSO</title> - <para> - <citerefentry> - <refentrytitle>limits.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum> - </citerefentry>, - <citerefentry> - <refentrytitle>pam.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> - </citerefentry>, - <citerefentry> - <refentrytitle>pam</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> - </citerefentry>. - </para> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1 id="pam_limits-authors"> - <title>AUTHORS</title> - <para> - pam_limits was initially written by Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com> - </para> - </refsect1> -</refentry> |