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diff --git a/modules/pam_limits/README b/modules/pam_limits/README index ed104d62..98264b95 100644 --- a/modules/pam_limits/README +++ b/modules/pam_limits/README @@ -15,6 +15,18 @@ concatenated together in the order of parsing. If a config file is explicitly specified with a module option then the files in the above directory are not parsed. +By default limits are taken from the /etc/security/limits.conf config file or, +if that one is not present, the file %vendordir%/security/limits.conf. Then +individual *.conf files from the /etc/security/limits.d/ and %vendordir%/ +security/limits.d directories are read. If /etc/security/limits.d/ +@filename@.conf exists, then %vendordir%/security/limits.d/@filename@.conf will +not be used. All limits.d/*.conf files are sorted by their @filename@.conf in +lexicographic order regardless of which of the directories they reside in. The +effect of the individual files is the same as if all the files were +concatenated together in the order of parsing. If a config file is explicitly +specified with the config option the files in the above directories are not +parsed. + The module must not be called by a multithreaded application. If Linux PAM is compiled with audit support the module will report when it |