On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 05:55:16PM +0200, William Fletcher wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> My machine just bombed when I did the following stupid command.
> :(){:|:};:
> Zsh chewed up everything on the machine...
> I ran it knowing I'd probably have to reboot.
> 
> But, I hardly expected it to panic.
> 
> Or, was that normal?

Yes, this is a FAQ, and why resource limits exist.  man login.conf

Kris

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