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[SOLVED] pam_limits[pid]: setrlimit limit #6 to soft=-1, hard=-1 failed: Operation not permitted; uid=0 euid=0

Error added: 2005-09-28T13:17:16Z

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You\'re probably using vserver software. The quick and dirty solution is to comment out lines like:

session required pam_limits.so 

in /etc/pam.d/*

PAM is trying to set limits that have already been set in the host.

From the vserver mailinglist:
http://www.paul.sladen.org/vserver/archives/200606/0112.html

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