Setting maxlogins in /etc/security/limits.conf fails to clean /var/run/utmp in RHEL 6
Issue
- When maxlogins is configured in
/etc/security/limits.conf, the system fails to cleanup/var/run/utmp. This prevents users that do not have any processes open on the system from logging in.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
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