Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 22:11:43 -0500 From: Parv <parv@pair.com> To: "Ryan J. Cavicchioni" <ryan@confabulator.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to avoid forkbomb? Message-ID: <20050319031143.GA2187@holestein.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <423B879C.8020402@confabulator.net> References: <423B8314.1000606@confabulator.net> <423B879C.8020402@confabulator.net>
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in message <423B879C.8020402@confabulator.net>,
wrote Ryan J. Cavicchioni thusly...
>
> Ryan J. Cavicchioni wrote:
...
> >I decided to give the forkbomb script a try which is below:
> >
> >#!/bin/sh
> >
> >$0 & $0 &
> >
> >The system was unresponsive for a couple minutes but then FreeBSD
> >killed the script and the system was accessible.
> >
> >I started looking around for what my process limit was set at but
FWIW, i tried a version (in ksh88 and possibly whatever /bin/sh
would have been) on Sun Solaris 2.something (on Sparc), which caused
... absolutely nothing.
IIRC, the version i tried was something like...
:(){ :|:& }; while true; do :; done
- Parv
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