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Date:      Sun, 11 Feb 2001 08:30:08 -0800 (PST)
From:      Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: misc/25004: it is easy for a user to lock the entire system up with a shell script
Message-ID:  <200102111630.f1BGU8k11062@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR misc/25004; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>
To: smyl@rocketry.org
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: misc/25004: it is easy for a user to lock the entire system up with a shell script
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 18:27:37 +0200

 On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 11:13:29AM -0500, Bobb Voigt wrote:
 > 
 > >Number:         25004
 > >Category:       misc
 > >Synopsis:       it is easy for a user to lock the entire system up with a shell script
 > >Originator:     Bobb Voigt
 > 
 > system runs out of resourses, and locks up when a normal user runs a 
 > script that calls itself...
 > i have both searched the web, and read almost the entire online freebsd 
 > handbook looking for a solution to this problem, and have yet to find an 
 > answer to it...
 > it could just be me, but i have had a few users who do this 
 > "accidently"...
 >  >How-To-Repeat: 
 > 
 > create a script that calls itself multiple times in a loop
 
 Have you set maxproc limits in /etc/login.conf?
 
 G'luck,
 Peter
 
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