Re: 2.4.8 Resource leaks + limits

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 15 Aug 2001 17:04:57 +0100 (BST)

> i would think to put global limits in /proc or in a flat text /etc
> and per user limits in something like /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow?
> Is it against any standard to have extra fields in those files?

Take a look at the pam modules, they already handle limit configuration per
user, and I think all the major Linux (and also stuff like Solaris) distros
run PAM based auth
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