Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 18:10:02 -0800 (PST) From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: bin/2925: non-priviledged user can crash FreeBSD!! Message-ID: <199703100210.SAA29321@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/2925; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: chern@tiger.towson.edu Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/2925: non-priviledged user can crash FreeBSD!! Date: Sun, 09 Mar 1997 18:09:05 -0800 > background running. The system simply crashed and stopped. I waited for Are you *positive* that the system crashed, e.g. you tried to access it from another network node and it did not respond? If you're running X and you run out of swap space, many times the system will shoot down the X server in its desparate attempt to find more memory resources. Unfortunately, when the X server is shot unexpectedly like this it leaves the console in a bad state and it looks to the uninitiated like a system crash. You must verify that it really *was* a system crash by seeing if the system is still up after you reproduce the failure. Also, don't run an X server while testing these sorts of things - it only complicates the situation. Thanks. Jordan
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