document limits.conf

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Johan Danielsson
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.\" $Id$
.\"
.Dd March 24, 2003
.Dd April 22, 2005
.Dt LOGIN 1
.Os HEIMDAL
.Sh NAME
@@ -189,6 +189,10 @@ A comma separated list of text files that will be printed to the
user's terminal before starting the shell. The string
.Li welcome
works similarly, but points to a single file.
.It Li limits
Points to a file containing ulimit settings for various users. Syntax
is inspired by what pam_limits uses, and the default is
.Pa /etc/security/limits.conf .
.El
.It Pa /etc/nologin
If it exists, login is denied to all but root. The contents of this
@@ -213,8 +217,31 @@ A
file could look like:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
default:\\
:motd=/etc/motd,/etc/motd.local:
:motd=/etc/motd,/etc/motd.local:\\
:limits=/etc/limits.conf:
.Ed
.Pp
The
.Pa limits.conf
file consists of a table with four whitespace separated fields. First
field is a username or a groupname (prefixed with
.Sq @ ) ,
or
.Sq * .
Second field is
.Sq soft ,
.Sq hard ,
or
.Sq -
(the last meaning both soft and hard).
Third field is a limit name (such as
.Sq cpu
or
.Sq core ) .
Last field is the limit value (a number or
.Sq -
for unlimited). In the case of data sizes, the value is in kilobytes,
and cputime is in minutes.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr su 1 ,
.Xr login.access 5 ,