Saturday morning, saw this in /var/log/messages:
"Aug 2 08:29:12 lucy su: default: setting resource limit openfiles: Invalid
argument"
That's from /etc/weekly, which uses 'su -m nobody' for locate db update
on line 52. The log message can be produced by hand with, e.g.:
# echo /bin/echo FOO | SHELL=/bin/sh nice -5 su -m nobody
invoked by root.
Checking userinfo nobody shows no login class, so presumably default:
applies.
I installed the original login.conf from etc55.tgz. Same message;
anyway, I hadn't edited default:.
The default: entry has openfiles-cur, but not -max. According to
login.conf(5) resource limit entries without -{cur,max} will specify
both, but using -{cur,max} specifies that limit individually. So,
using only foo-cur leaves foo-max unspecified.
Adding openfiles-max and checking again, no message is logged.
BTW, I jumped from 4.9 to 5.5 so the 4.9 login.conf is the most
recent I have handy. The 4.9 login.conf likewise has only
openfiles-cur in default:, but I don't think I've seen that log
message before. Some verbosity recently added?
-Ed
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