On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 11:03:45AM -0000, Jan Rathmann wrote: > I just did the "fork bomb test" (entering :(){ :|:&};: in a terminal) on > my Oneiric installation, and it still crashes the system.
How does it "crash"? What does 'ulimit -u' show from a terminal on this system? > This should not happen if I get this report right, so perhaps the report > should be re-opened? Probably not. PAM is now correctly getting its defaults from the kernel; if one of those defaults is inadequate, there should be a new bug filed against the kernel. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/391761 Title: process limit unlimited (regression) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pam/+bug/391761/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs