>>>>> "steven" == Steven Lawrance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
steven> I love Linux as much as anyone here, but to put things in perspective, how
steven> about this:
steven> void main(void) {
steven> while (1)
steven> fork();
steven> }
You can fix this with limits, i.e. not letting any user to fill all
the RAM memory of your machine. If you are administering a machine
that can have hostile users and you are not using resources limits,
your systems is misconfigured.
man bash (search for ulimit) in special -u & -v.
-a All current limits are reported
-c The maximum size of core files created
-d The maximum size of a process's data segment
-f The maximum size of files created by the
shell
-l The maximum size that may be locked into
memory
-m The maximum resident set size
-n The maximum number of open file descriptors
(most systems do not allow this value to be
set)
-p The pipe size in 512-byte blocks (this may
not be set)
-s The maximum stack size
-t The maximum amount of cpu time in seconds
-u The maximum number of processes available to
a single user
-v The maximum amount of virtual memory avail�
able to the shell
Later, Juan.
--
In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they
are different -- Larry McVoy
