[Bug 746655] Re: should load kernel rlimits instead of hardcoding internal defaults

[Steve Langasek]

Fixed in oneiric with the merge of pam 1.1.2-3.  Changelog entry:

pam (1.1.2-3) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Kees Cook ]
  * 027_pam_limits_better_init_allow_explicit_root: load rlimit defaults
    from the kernel (via /proc/1/limits), instead of continuing to hardcode
    the settings internally. Fall back to internal defaults when the kernel
    rlimits are not found.  Closes: #620302. (LP: #746655, #391761)

  * Updated debconf translations:
    - Vietnamese, thanks to Clytie Siddall <clytie at riverland.net.au>
      (closes: #601197)
    - Dutch, thanks to Eric Spreen <erispre at gmail.com> (closes: #605592)
    - Danish, thanks to Joe Dalton <joedalton2 at yahoo.dk> (closes: #606739)
    - Catalan, thanks to Innocent De Marchi <tangram.peces at gmail.com>
      (closes: #622786)


** Changed in: pam (Ubuntu)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  should load kernel rlimits instead of hardcoding internal defaults

Status in “pam” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Since the kernel sets a number of dynamic rlimits based on the system
  properities (e.g. physical memory for nproc), these rlimits should be
  respected by PAM. Parse /proc/1/limits for the kernel-defined rlimits.

  E.g. see bug 391761.