Bug#923312: closed by Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> (Re: gnome-terminal ignores system ulimits)

[Michael Biebl]

Am 24.08.23 um 09:55 schrieb Harald Dunkel:
> Hi Michael,
> 
> have the system ulimits in /etc/security been deprecated in
> favor of systemd service limits?
> 

I'd say they serve different purposes.

/etc/security, as mentioned, is applied when you start a PAM session 
(typically a user/login session).
If you start a process in that environment, those limits will be 
applied. xterm, etc are started in such an environment, that's why they 
are applied there.

systemd (user) services run in a separate, clean context though,
  that's why there are separate knobs for this.

Regards,
Michael

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