Fun with limits.conf
Shawn Wells
shawn at redhat.com
Mon Sep 30 15:41:53 UTC 2013
On 9/30/13 11:28 AM, fcaviggi at redhat.com wrote:
> All,
>
> Most of the guidance for RHEL security has suggested setting the
> following in /etc/security/limits.conf:
>
> * hard core 0
>
> I have generally set this to:
>
> * - core 0
>
> Because this sets both the hard and soft limits on the system. Most
> SCAP scanners are looking for very specific values there. I'm looking
> at modifying the checks to pass either 'hard' or '-' for the value.
>
> I'd also to fix the maxlogins in the rule
> (*max_concurrent_login_sessions*) in /etc/security/limits.conf to look
> for the DOD default (10) and lower to satisfy the check. Security
> standards are there as a baseline, why 'fail' the setting for
> exceeding the baseline value?
Good call. Make a patch.
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