Re: [Jack-Devel] su, limits, PAM and JACK

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DateWed, 23 May 2012 00:47:39 +0100
From Jeremy Henty <[hidden] at starurchin dot org>
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In-Reply-ToJamie Heilman Re: [Jack-Devel] su, limits, PAM and JACK
Follow-UpJamie Heilman Re: [Jack-Devel] su, limits, PAM and JACK
Jamie Heilman wrote:

> Chances are your PAM stack isn't configured to use pam_limits.so for
> su sessions,  which means  using su won't  pay any attention  to the
> setttings in  limits.conf until  it is.  That  said, don't  do that.
> Using su programatically to switch  users is a bad idea becuase su's
> behavior is notoriously unportable anyway.

So,  is there any  good way  to programatically  switch users?   I ask
because I  have been  trying to  do that with  su and  I hit  the same
problem as the OP.

Regards,

Jeremy Henty
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