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Diffstat (limited to 'modules/pam_limits/pam_limits.8.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | modules/pam_limits/pam_limits.8.xml | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/modules/pam_limits/pam_limits.8.xml b/modules/pam_limits/pam_limits.8.xml index 78060a20..9f13bb68 100644 --- a/modules/pam_limits/pam_limits.8.xml +++ b/modules/pam_limits/pam_limits.8.xml @@ -47,7 +47,15 @@ </para> <para> By default limits are taken from the <filename>/etc/security/limits.conf</filename> - config file. + 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> </refsect1> |