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manual: Clarify that limits.conf doesn't apply to systemd services. (#40267)

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Say how systemd services can be set instead.

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* https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=754285
* https://ro-che.info/articles/2017-03-26-increase-open-files-limit

Signed-off-by: Niklas Hambüchen <mail@nh2.me>
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Niklas Hambüchen 2018-05-12 17:44:57 +02:00 • committed by xeji
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nixos/modules/security/pam.nix
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@ -449,6 +449,10 @@ in
<varname>item</varname>, and <varname>value</varname> <varname>item</varname>, and <varname>value</varname>
attribute. The syntax and semantics of these attributes attribute. The syntax and semantics of these attributes
must be that described in the limits.conf(5) man page. must be that described in the limits.conf(5) man page.
Note that these limits do not apply to systemd services,
whose limits can be changed via <option>systemd.extraConfig</option>
instead.
''; '';
}; };

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nixos/modules/system/boot/coredump.nix
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@ -15,8 +15,11 @@ with lib;
Enables storing core dumps in systemd. Enables storing core dumps in systemd.
Note that this alone is not enough to enable core dumps. The maximum Note that this alone is not enough to enable core dumps. The maximum
file size for core dumps must be specified in limits.conf as well. See file size for core dumps must be specified in limits.conf as well. See
<option>security.pam.loginLimits</option> as well as the limits.conf(5) <option>security.pam.loginLimits</option> and the limits.conf(5)
man page. man page (these specify the core dump limits for user login sessions)
and <option>systemd.extraConfig</option> (where e.g.
<literal>DefaultLimitCORE=1000000</literal> can be specified to set
the core dump limit for systemd system-level services).
''; '';
}; };