Ok,
So some unicies allow the sysadmin to set a user process limit
system variable or something to prevent fork bombs.
ulimit works in Linux too.
However, if you're running a PAMish system, limits.conf is much easier. If that file isn't heavily commented, get somebody to send you a copy from a Red Hat box. On RH, it's /etc/security/limits.conf
After a brief search, I found someone touting a kernel module that stops this (unaceptable) and some comments in the kernel that claim to stop this. However, I can definitely reproduce it on a 2.4.20 kernel.
That's pretty heavy hitting, a module, to do something that can (and should) happen in userland.
Doc
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