Unable to login with root for more than 2 sessions


 
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Old 03-12-2010
Question Unable to login with root for more than 2 sessions

Hi,

I am unable to login with root for more than 2 sessions. Plz help any thing need to updated?

Suresh
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Old 03-12-2010
Do you set maxlogins?

its would be in /etc/security/limits.conf or limits.conf in a similar directory.

Last edited by jim mcnamara; 03-12-2010 at 08:20 AM.. Reason: oops
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Old 03-18-2010
limits.conf showing like this....
#
#<domain> <type> <item> <value>
#

#* soft core 0
#* hard rss 10000
#@student hard nproc 20
#@faculty soft nproc 20
#@faculty hard nproc 50
#ftp hard nproc 0
#@student - maxlogins 4
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