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Description of problem:
My /etc/security/limits.conf looks like this:

## Start /etc/security/limits.conf
foo	soft    nofile   16384
*	soft    nofile    1024
*	hard    nofile   16384
## End

So `ulimit -n` should output "1024" for every user except for foo.

I was working with RedHat7.3 and this was doing fine.
Now I installed RedHat8.0 and the following problem occures:

When I log in locally everything works as intended.
But when I remotely log in with ssh as user foo, `ulimit -n` outputs "1024" and 
not "16384" as expected.

Ant not only ulimit outputs the wrong numbers, the processes I start as user 
foo are really only allowed to open 1024 files at the same time.

A workaround I found was enabling the "UseLogin" Option 
in /etc/ssh/sshd_config.   -> (UseLogin yes)

But with RH7.3 it worked without this option set.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install RedHat8.0 with sshd and latest updates
2.Enter the example value in /etc/security/limits.conf
3.Log in with ssh as user foo.
	

Actual Results:  The processes of user foo in a ssh-shell were only able to 
open 1024 files at a time.

Expected Results:  The processes of user foo in a ssh-shell should be able to 
open more than 1024 files at a time.

Additional info:

uname -a:
Linux Foocomp 2.4.18-18.8.0smp #1 SMP Wed Nov 13 23:11:20 EST 2002 i686 athlon 
i386 GNU/Linux