Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:32:35 +0200 From: "Adrian Penisoara" <ady@freebsd.ady.ro> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to take down a system to the point of requiring a newfs with one line of C (userland) Message-ID: <78cb3d3f0802180632u1d38ec67i432052d9c77dd706@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200802181414.m1IEE8bd075081@drugs.dv.isc.org> References: <a9f4a3860802180527k6fcfbdaeuf235540075b263b5@mail.gmail.com> <200802181414.m1IEE8bd075081@drugs.dv.isc.org>
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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 <Mark_Andrews@isc.org> 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 > " >
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