# using pam\_limits module in Ansible 2.1 errors

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-pam-limits-module-in-ansible-2-1-errors/21763>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [June 13, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-pam-limits-module-in-ansible-2-1-errors/21763 "2016-06-13T23:42:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fong\_Yang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/0ea827/32.png) [@Fong\_Yang](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Fong_Yang)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-pam-limits-module-in-ansible-2-1-errors/21763/1 "2016-06-13T23:42:47Z")

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I’m attempting to use the pam\_limits module as included in Ansible 2.1 but getting this error:

TASK [system\_configs : pam\_limits] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
fatal: [10.0.107.1]: FAILED! =\> {“failed”: true, “msg”: “module (pam\_limits) is missing interpreter line”}  
fatal: [10.0.97.1]: FAILED! =\> {“failed”: true, “msg”: “module (pam\_limits) is missing interpreter line”}  
fatal: [10.0.70.1]: FAILED! =\> {“failed”: true, “msg”: “module (pam\_limits) is missing interpreter line”}  
to retry, use: --limit @/etc/ansible/main.retry

What am I missing? This is the task:

- pam\_limits: domain=\* limit\_item=nofile limit\_type=- value=65536

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**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-pam-limits-module-in-ansible-2-1-errors/21763/2 "2016-06-14T13:31:46Z")

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This work for me on Ansible 2.1, so it must be something local.