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Diffstat (limited to 'modules/pam_limits/limits.conf.5.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | modules/pam_limits/limits.conf.5.xml | 22 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/modules/pam_limits/limits.conf.5.xml b/modules/pam_limits/limits.conf.5.xml index fb1fad27..a9757a7f 100644 --- a/modules/pam_limits/limits.conf.5.xml +++ b/modules/pam_limits/limits.conf.5.xml @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ <varlistentry> <term><option>rss</option></term> <listitem> - <para>maximum resident set size (KB)</para> + <para>maximum resident set size (KB) (Ignored in Linux 2.4.30 and higher)</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> @@ -230,6 +230,18 @@ </variablelist> <para> + All items support the values <emphasis>-1</emphasis>, + <emphasis>unlimited</emphasis> or <emphasis>infinity</emphasis> indicating no limit, + except for <emphasis remap='B'>priority</emphasis> and <emphasis remap='B'>nice</emphasis>. + </para> + <para> + If a hard limit or soft limit of a resource is set to a valid value, + but outside of the supported range of the local system, the system + may reject the new limit or unexpected behavior may occur. If the + control value <emphasis>required</emphasis> is used, the module will + reject the login if a limit could not be set. + </para> + <para> In general, individual limits have priority over group limits, so if you impose no limits for <emphasis>admin</emphasis> group, but one of the members in this group have a limits line, the user will have its @@ -246,8 +258,8 @@ - after which the rest of the line is ignored. </para> <para> - The pam_limits module does its best to report configuration problems - found in its configuration file via <citerefentry> + The pam_limits module does report configuration problems + found in its configuration file and errors via <citerefentry> <refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. </para> </refsect1> @@ -274,7 +286,9 @@ ftp hard nproc 0 <para> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_limits</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>getrlimit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry> + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>getrlimit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3p</manvolnum></citerefentry> </para> </refsect1> |