Hello, I am using /lib/security/pam_limits.so.. In my confuguration /etc/security/limits.conf I limit nproc - max number of processes for users. ... * soft nproc 40 * hard nproc 70 ... But, with 2.4.0 kernel it is not working as expected. Upon login pam is called, it sets limits acording to config file. But if in 2.2.x kernels root user is not actually constrained with set limits, in 2.4.0 root is forced for limits like normal user, and it results in "fork: resourse temporary unavailable, cannot start login shell" error, as there are more than 40 or 70 root owned processes already. Is this issue can be resolved easily? If not it at least should be pointed out for all who uses this. This setting is of course not bullet proof, but it protects from ordinary users quite well IMHO. Valdas
