[augeas-devel] /etc/security/limits.conf

[Dominic Cleal]

On 02/05/13 15:34, Sam Darwin wrote:
> I would like to add/update these entries into /etc/security/limits.conf
> 
> * soft nofile 64000
> * hard nofile 64000
> 
> Using a command like this:
> 
> augtool -s set /files/etc/security/limits.conf/\*/soft/nofile 64000
> 
> which is not line order dependent.     if I use domain[1] , that
> assumes I know the relevant line is 1, which I don't know.
> 
> Can anyone help with the correct command syntax?

Try this:

set /files/etc/security/limits.conf/domain[.='*']/soft/nofile 64000

The expression in square brackets is comparing the value of the node
(the ".") to find the wildcard value.

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Dominic Cleal
Red Hat Engineering