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From: Stefan Bethke <stb@hanse.de>
To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
cc: Tom <tom@uniserve.com>, Stefan Bethke <stb@FreeBSD.ORG>,
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Subject: Re: Huge Bug in FreeBSD not fixed? 
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On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, Cy Schubert wrote:

> >   Actually, if you limit the number of processes per user, you can almost
> > completely prevent it from happening (at least for regular users anyhow).
> 
> Has anyone tested this to determine where the break point might be?

This point is moot. The bug is totally unrelated to the number of FDs or
processes; you only conceal it *to this particular program*.

The bug needs to be fixed.

Stefan
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