/etc/security/limits.conf in tao-1.0

[email protected] Tue, 10 May 2005 15:03:07 +0200 (CEST)
Newsgroups gmane.linux.tao.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

I think I've found a bug in pam on tao-1.0 (limits.conf).

On a standard installed tao-1.0 machine I've configured
/etc/security/limits.conf to only allow 2 logins for all users in the
example group. It looks like this.


    @example       -       maxlogins       2

On a tao-1.0 machines this gives me strange results. Only two logins are
allowed for the group example in total. Not two logins for each user in
the example group as pam-docs says.

On a tao-4.0 and a redhat-7.0 machine this gives the result that
PAM-documentation says (two logins for each user in the group allowed).

Qoute from Pam-docs at
http://www.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/Linux-PAM-html/pam-6.html#ss6.12

    # EXAMPLE /etc/security/limits.conf file:
    # <domain>   <type>       <item>               <value>
    *               -       maxlogins       2
    @faculty        -       maxlogins       4
    %               -       maxlogins       30
    %student        -       maxlogins       10

    Explanation: every user can login 2 times, members of the faculty group
    can login 4 times, there can be only 30 logins, only 10 from students
    group.


Have anyone else experienced and solved this problem?

Best regards

/Lars