Hi Robert: On OpenBSD, it appears that the the limits are set by the /etc/login.conf file. I know NetBSD has user limits. As for FreeBSD %.3 it too has a /etc/login.conf file. I suspect that that might be the case in Mac OSX. Let me Google around and see what I can find out.
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 07:22:28 -0800, Robert Citek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday, Jan 13, 2005, at 15:56 US/Pacific, Robert Citek wrote: > > I was able to successfully kill my Mac last night with the following > > script: > > A quick follow up ... > > Using bash under Linux, this will halt the perl script before it gets > too big: > > ulimit -v 10000 > > Using tcsh under Linux, this will work: > > limit vmemoryuse 10000 > > Neither of the above commands work in OS X 10.2.8. OS X does not allow > modifying the virtual memory limit. Do the above commands work under > FreeBSD (or other BSD)? > > Regards, > - Robert > http://www.cwelug.org/downloads > Help others get OpenSource. Distribute FLOSS for > Windows, Linux, *BSD, and MacOS X with BitTorrent > > _______________________________________________ > CWE-LUG mailing list > http://www.cwelug.org/ > [email protected] > http://lists.firepipe.net/listinfo/cwe-lug > _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list http://www.cwelug.org/ [email protected] http://lists.firepipe.net/listinfo/cwe-lug
