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(Polkit authentication agents such as polkit-gnome won't run without PAM, and this isn't mentioned anywhere in the wiki that I could find, so, to avoid others the trouble of reading through 7 different forums, I've decided it's a good idea to add this warning.) |
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{{warning|Login without PAM will still be possible. See {{issue|11730}}}} | {{warning|Login without PAM will still be possible. See {{issue|11730}}}} | ||
{{warning|Polkit authentication agents tend to have issues if PAM isn't properly set up.}} | |||
== ulimit == | == ulimit == | ||
Revision as of 02:26, 9 November 2025
To use PAM, the linux-pam package itself must be installed as well as something for logging into the system that supports PAM. The login bundled with busybox does not support PAM. Instead, one of the following may be used:
- greetd plus any greeter
login(1)provided by shadow-loginlogin(1)provided by util-linux-login
Warning: Login without PAM will still be possible. See #11730
Warning: Polkit authentication agents tend to have issues if PAM isn't properly set up.
ulimit
ulimit permissions can be changed via /etc/security/limits.conf. These will only apply if a PAM-compatible tool is used for logging in (as indicated above).