On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 02:26:20PM +0000, Craig Hurley wrote: > > When looking at /var/log/auth.log PAM seems to be logging a large > amount. For example, every 30 minutes cron runs a script as root. It > appears to me that each time the script is run, PAM adds 4 entries to > auth.log, recording a the session open and close along with 2 other > failures. Here's a snip from auth.log: > > Jan 3 13:30:01 hostname CRON[31753]: (pam_unix) session opened for user > root by (uid=0) > Jan 3 13:30:01 hostname pam_limits[31753]: setrlimit limit #11 to > soft=-1, hard=-1 failed: Operation not permitted; uid=0 euid=0 > Jan 3 13:30:01 hostname pam_limits[31753]: setrlimit limit #12 to > soft=-1, hard=-1 failed: Operation not permitted; uid=0 euid=0 > Jan 3 13:30:01 hostname CRON[31753]: (pam_unix) session closed for user > root > > Does anyone know why PAM fails twice every time a script is run from cron? > > I'm running Debian 4.0.
Find out what script it is and read it. See what this setrlimit is. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
