Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 06:04:30 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Adam <blueeskimo@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Protecting against fork bombs Message-ID: <20030406030430.GA4130@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <1049569188.91991.24.camel@jake> References: <20030405202158.B34257-100000@foem.leiden.webweaving.org> <1049569188.91991.24.camel@jake>
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On 2003-04-05 13:59, Adam <blueeskimo@gmx.net> wrote: >On Sat, 2003-04-05 at 13:22, Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: >> ulimit -u 100 >> >> does not do that for you adequately enough (or setting the same in >> /etc/login.conf (field maxproc)) ?? > > I suppose ulimit would do the trick .. Are there any standard guidelines > for how many processes to allow? This box is 1.5GHz Athlon, 512mb RAM, > 1024mb swap .. Anything above 100 should probably be fine for individual users, even if they want to run X11. You can always experiment and increase as needed. - Giorgos
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