[systemd-devel] pam_limits: Could not set limit for ...: Operation not permitted

[Lennart Poettering]

On Mon, 15.12.14 22:42, Kai Krakow (hurikhan77 at gmail.com) wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> I'm seeing the following errors in systemd's journal:
> 
> Dez 15 22:33:57 jupiter systemd[1515]: pam_limits(systemd-user:session): 
> Could not set limit for 'memlock': Operation not permitted
> Dez 15 22:33:57 jupiter systemd[1515]: pam_limits(systemd-user:session): 
> Could not set limit for 'nice': Operation not permitted
> Dez 15 22:33:57 jupiter systemd[1515]: pam_limits(systemd-user:session): 
> Could not set limit for 'rtprio': Operation not permitted
> Dez 15 22:33:57 jupiter systemd[1515]: PAM audit_log_acct_message() failed: 
> Operation not permitted
> Dez 15 22:33:57 jupiter systemd[1515]: Failed at step PAM spawning 
> /usr/lib/systemd/systemd: Operation not permitted
> 
> Is it meaningless? Do I have to worry? Or which configuration do I miss?

Hmm, this is certainly weird. It indicates some issue with your PAM
setup maybe? Do you have SELinux enabled? Is this in some container or so?

Lennart

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Lennart Poettering, Red Hat