--On Monday, June 06, 2011 10:02:27 AM -0600 Devin Reade <gdr at gno.org> wrote: > 2. /etc/security/limits.conf is used by pam_limits. Have you > verified that that module is configured and required by pam? Although I guess the answer to that one is obviously "yes" given your comments of it working for another tool for a lower limit. Devin