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Date:      Wed, 15 Nov 2000 13:59:35 -0800
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Rick Jansen <Rick@Tweakers.net>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Limiting background processes
Message-ID:  <20001115135935.M830@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <02bf01c04f45$f90e5e20$7300a8c0@hephaistos>; from Rick@Tweakers.net on Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 09:52:31PM %2B0100
References:  <02bf01c04f45$f90e5e20$7300a8c0@hephaistos>

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* Rick Jansen <Rick@Tweakers.net> [001115 12:50] wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I know there's a way to limit the number of background processes a user may
> have, but i don't know how that's done. Anybody who can enlighten me with a
> few tips? I tried using login classes (with login.conf i believe), but that
> doesn't work (and i don't know why, there aren't any errors relating to it).
> I already chmod 700 nohup, and made it root.wheel.
> 
> Tips would be greatly appreciated!

You need to run

cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf

after editing login.conf.

-Alfred


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