search for: lshell

..." (tcsh) or "ulimit -a" (bash). Since /etc/profile, /etc/csh.cshrc, and /etc/limits were ignored, I made /etc/sshrc and put "ulimit" statements in it. However, I was unable to limit the number of processes this way, leaving the system vulnerable to fork bombs. Installing lshell (available at http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/admin/login/lshell-2.01.tar.gz) corrected the problem. ___ Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net>

Note: I am digest subscriber so if you could copy me directly on any reply to the list I would appreciate it very much. I sent this to the OpenSSH list (secureshell at securityfocus.com) yesterday and received no response so I am asking here in hopes that someone else has run across this problem on CentOS. We have encountered a situation that requires sftp access to one of our server by an

...rintf("Too many logins (max %d).\n",count); + syslog(LOG_WARNING, "Too many logins (max %d) for %s\n",limit, name); + return LOGIN_ERROR_LOGIN; + } + + return 0; +} + +/* Function setup_user_limits - checks/set limits for the curent login + * Original idea from Joel Katz's lshell. Ported to shadow-login + * by Cristian Gafton - gafton at sorosis.ro + * + * We are passed a string of the form ('BASH' constants for ulimit) + * [Aa][Cc][Dd][Ff][Mm][Nn][Rr][Ss][Tt][Uu][Ll][Pp] + * (eg. 'C2F256D2048N5' or 'C2 F256 D2048 N5') + * where: + * [Aa]: a...