Ahh, this is the PAM method :-). And it's per-user too :-)!!!! Thanks for the info :-)!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On Thursday 15 November 2001 05:05 am, you wrote: > A more elegant (and safer) way is through /etc/security/limits.conf > > Alkis > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Han > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 4:49 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Cooker] Nothing about Linux, but it's too nice!!! [WAS: > weird Windows 2000/XP bug] > > Juan Quintela ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > "steven" == Steven Lawrance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I love Linux as much as anyone here, but to put things in > > perspective, how > > >> about this: > >> > >> void main(void) { > >> while (1) > >> fork(); > >> } > > > > 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. > > [snip: man bash /ulimit] > > Problem is people can select another shell. You also have to set it > for the other shells. > > This is also a nice solution. > http://rexgrep.tripod.com/rexfbdmain.htm > > > And Juan, please stop the inserting of names whith the quoting. It > makes your messages unreadable and unquotable. > > http://www.geocities.com/nnqweb/nquote.html#Q6 > > > Cya, Han. -- --Steven Lawrance-- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
