From owner-freebsd-bugs Sun Feb 11 8:30:14 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53C9A37B6A2 for ; Sun, 11 Feb 2001 08:30:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f1BGU8k11062; Sun, 11 Feb 2001 08:30:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 08:30:08 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200102111630.f1BGU8k11062@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Peter Pentchev Subject: Re: misc/25004: it is easy for a user to lock the entire system up with a shell script Reply-To: Peter Pentchev Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR misc/25004; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Peter Pentchev 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 -- This sentence would be seven words long if it were six words shorter. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message