How to limit concurrent access for users trying to access the server via ssh?

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Issue

  • How do I make use of limits.conf file to limit concurrent access to the server via ssh ?
  • We are trying to limit the concurrent users logging to the server via ssh. We are looking for solution on RHEL5 and RHEL6 versions.
  • How to limit ssh access only upto three users ?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10
  • ssh
  • pam_limits

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