Bug 1040664 - nofile comment in /etc/security/limits.conf refers to open files when it should refer to open file descriptors
Summary: nofile comment in /etc/security/limits.conf refers to open files when it shou...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: pam
Version: 6.5
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
low
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Tomas Mraz
QA Contact: Dalibor Pospíšil
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-12-11 20:44 UTC by John Trowbridge
Modified: 2018-12-03 20:55 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: pam-1.1.1-18.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2014-10-14 08:10:03 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2014:1579 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE pam bug fix update 2014-10-14 01:27:19 UTC

Description John Trowbridge 2013-12-11 20:44:39 UTC 
Description of problem: nofile comment in /etc/security/limits.conf refers to open files when it should refer to open file descriptors

Actual results:
Comment in /etc/security/limits.conf:
#        - nofile - max number of open files

Expected results:
Comment in /etc/security/limits.conf:
#        - nofile - max number of open file descriptors
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2014-10-14 08:10:03 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2014-1579.html
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