gnome-terminal ignores nofile limit from /etc/security/limits.d/*

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • User login from GUI
  • Open gnome-terminal
  • Check with ulimit -n, nofile limit from /etc/security/limits.d/* are not applied.
  • Switch user by su - user, nofile limit from /etc/security/limits.d/* are applied.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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