In article <[🔎] 87pvcqmccd.fsf@garfield.complete.org> you write: >I'm just curious -- what is the purpose of this file given the >existance of /etc/limits, which seems to do what lshells does but in a >much cleaner way? Correct me if I am wrong, but I think only /sbin/login supports /etc/limits, meaning no limits will be imposed if login is not invoked, eg ssh.