Re: Why do we need lshell?
Ahh, you're right. This is bad, because limits(5) gives no indication
that the limits are only imposed on logins that actually call
/bin/login. I would assume that ssh, rsh, xdm, etc. should contain
the same code or calls to process the /etc/limits file, right? If
they don't, we've got this problem.
Should I file bug reports against those programs?
Brian May <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au> writes:
> 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.
>
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