From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 18 14:48:28 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E41C216A41A for ; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:48:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ady@ady.ro) Received: from ag-out-0708.google.com (ag-out-0708.google.com [72.14.246.242]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2E7513C46B for ; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:48:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ady@ady.ro) Received: by ag-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id 5so2550084agb.7 for ; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:48:28 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.72.21 with SMTP id u21mr4365062wfa.82.1203345155884; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:32:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.109.6 with HTTP; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:32:35 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <78cb3d3f0802180632u1d38ec67i432052d9c77dd706@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:32:35 +0200 From: "Adrian Penisoara" Sender: ady@ady.ro To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, freebsd-security@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200802181414.m1IEE8bd075081@drugs.dv.isc.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <200802181414.m1IEE8bd075081@drugs.dv.isc.org> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 624f5be56ab92cd1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: How to take down a system to the point of requiring a newfs with one line of C (userland) X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:48:29 -0000 Hi, I would agree with Mark and Jim, this is a serious issue for enterprise servers. Yet another example where I would have wanted to see a more supportive response from the FreeBSD project members, like Robert Watson just did. This would benefit keeping a good relation with the business users. Thanks, Adrian Penisoara ROFUG / EnterpriseBSD On Feb 18, 2008 4:14 PM, Mark Andrews wrote: > > > Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this! > > > > Doctor: Don't do that... > > Did you actually bother to read his report? > > While his example is used "/", if the report is correct then you > just need to replace "/" with the path of any file system mount > point that is world writable like say "/tmp". > > Do you have /tmp mounted like this? > /dev/ad0s4e 507630 162050 304970 35% /tmp > > Have you tried using "/tmp" or some other suitable mount point > before slinging off with the old Doctor joke? > > Even if it is only "/", having the system die and not be recoverable > due to having a excessive number of files in "/" is a critical > error. I'm sure you have *never* accidently copied a set of files > to "/" in your life. Me, I know I've made that sort of mistake in > the past, and as I'm not perfect, I'm sure I'll make that sort of > mistake at some point in the future. I would however like the > machine not to fallover when I do make that mistake. > > Now why don't you be constructive and verify whether the report is > valid or not. I don't have a spare machine to test it on so I'm > not going to attempt it. > > Mark > > -- > Mark Andrews, ISC > 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia > PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews@isc.org > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-security-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > " >