Kris Kennaway writes:
>Yes, this is a FAQ, and why resource limits exist. man login.conf
It needs to be fixed nevertheless.
I reported something similar back in, I think, ca. 1996 (also
against NetBSD, iirc). Not much has been done it that area
since, as it seems. With my fork bomb, the system
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, wa
Yes and no. It seems that if certain resources get starved bad things will
happen. The OS will let you shoot yourself in the foot afterall. You can
protect yourself from yourself by adjusting the defaults in /etc/login.conf.
---Mike
At 05:55 PM 20/06/2003 +0200, William Fletcher wrot
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?
Anyway, the following is some detail...
Please mail me if there is mor
