Robert Waldner wrote: > > On Fri, 27 Oct 2000 13:52:26 +0800, Livia Admin writes: > >I'm using debian/woody and kernel-2.4-test*. > >anyone pls try running "yes `yes`" as any user if it crashes your system.. > >ca > >use it crashes mine. > > it doesn´t crash my box, it just eats up the whole a/v memory. sounds > like a bug, yes. > And why would that be a bug? You're telling the system to print a string that is the result of concatenating another string an infinite amount of times.
This sort of thing is what ulimit is designed to prevent, AFAIK.
