Limits for groups from /etc/security/limits.d/ are not applied in gnome session

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • When an user logins from GUI and uses the gnome-terminal, the limits from /etc/security/limits.d/* are not applied for groups. Sample steps to observe this issue:
  1. User login into GDM GUI
  2. Open gnome-terminal
  3. Check with ulimit -a, the limits from /etc/security/limits.d/* are not applied when using groups.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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