What do '<<<<<<<', '>>>>>>>' and '=======' lines in files mean?

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • We are facing issues while switching as user. The log says:

May 21 11:03:51 sl008084 sshd[23405]: pam_limits(sshd:session): invalid line '<<<<<<< .mine' - skipped
May 21 11:03:51 sl008084 sshd[23405]: pam_limits(sshd:session): invalid line '=======' - skipped
May 21 11:03:51 sl008084 sshd[23405]: pam_limits(sshd:session): invalid line '<<<<<<< .mine' - skipped
May 21 11:03:51 sl008084 sshd[23405]: pam_limits(sshd:session): invalid line '>>>>>>> .r89008' - skipped
May 21 11:03:51 sl008084 sshd[23405]: pam_limits(sshd:session): invalid line '=======' - skipped
May 21 11:03:51 sl008084 sshd[23405]: pam_limits(sshd:session): invalid line '>>>>>>> .r89051' - skipped

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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