On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 16:54:37 +0100, Niall O Broin <niall at linux.ie> wrote:
> ls -lu seems to indicate that neither /etc/security/limits.conf nor /lib/
> security/pam_limits.so are being read and lsof doesn't show /lib/security/
> pam_limits.so to be opened by any process, although quite a few other /lib/
> security/pam_XXXX.so files are.
>> Do any of you have an idea what I might be missing here ?
ls and lsof suggest PAM isn't being applied to your process.
(Obviously it won't apply to daemons started up by init scripts.).
Does it work If you logon at the console?
Are you connecting over ssh? Did you set /etc/pam.d/sshd too?
I vaguely recall a problem getting PAM to apply core file limits
to root, but that was a long time ago and I may be mistaken.
How are you querying the current limits?
Are you doing it in a login shell?
Can you up the limits with ulimit, or equivalent if you don't use bash?
If PAM is being applied, is there a ulimit override in /etc/profile or ~/* ?
(Above is a composite of stuff I sent Niall off-list but meant to post here.).
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