Re: correct (PAM) syntax for per-user "no limit" on a resource
On Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 06:14:36PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 07:44:09PM +0000, Jim Breton wrote:
> > What is the correct way to give unlimited usage of a particular resource
> > for a specific user?
> >
> > I want my own account to have a couple of exemptions from the default
> > resource limits, and one of them should be unlimited CPU time.
>
> I also tried to do this, and AFAICT it is not possible, the
> documentation does not give any hints as to something that would work
> and everything i tried failed. it seems you either excempt the user
> from limits entirely (which you don't want) or your stuck with just
> setting an absurdly large limit for the `exemptions'
It's a bug in pam_limits, which has already been filed, and will be fixed
soon.
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