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From: Jonathan Polley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: libpam-modules: limits.conf documentation incorrect
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Package: libpam-modules
Version: 0.76-21
Severity: normal
I recently installed testing on some machines. One of my users today
inadvertantly wrote a fork-bomb and brought the system down. So I
decided that it would be good to set the fork limit by default. This
seems to be done in /etc/security/limits.conf.
However, the limits.conf(5) man page and the documentation in the file
itself are completely different. Example lines from each:
man page:
username L2D2048N5
file:
@student hard nproc 20
Upon closer inspection, it appears that the man page and the file itself
belong to two different packages, although the man page does explicitly
reference /etc/security/limits.conf
$ locate limits.conf
/etc/security/limits.conf
/usr/share/man/man5/limits.conf.5.gz
$ dpkg -S /usr/share/man/man5/limits.conf.5.gz
passwd: /usr/share/man/man5/limits.conf.5.gz
$ dpkg -S /etc/security/limits.conf
libpam-modules: /etc/security/limits.conf
If this bug ought to have been filed against passwd instead, I
apologise.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.25-1-686-smp
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
Versions of packages libpam-modules depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libcap1 1:1.10-14 support for getting/setting POSIX.
ii libdb3 3.2.9-20 Berkeley v3 Database Libraries [ru
ii libpam0g 0.76-21 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
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From: Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: libpam-modules: limits.conf documentation incorrect
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Hi Jonathan,
Thank you for this bug report. As it happens, it's probably the case that
this bug should have been filed against the passwd package, but the bug has
resolved itself in the meantime: the limits.conf manpage has been removed
=66rom the passwd package. While ideally we would have a replacement manpa=
ge
provided by libpam-modules, the actual issue you were reporting about no
longer applies, so I'm closing this bug.
Cheers,
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Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world.
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