Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 10:09:43 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: William Fletcher <ultraviolet@epweb.co.za> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Zsh fork bomb paniced my kernel. Message-ID: <20030620170943.GB53684@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20030620155516.GC7055@tulip.epweb.co.za> References: <20030620155516.GC7055@tulip.epweb.co.za>
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On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 05:55:16PM +0200, William Fletcher wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My machine just bombed when I did the following stupid command.
> :(){:|:};:
> Zsh chewed up everything on the machine...
> I ran it knowing I'd probably have to reboot.
>
> But, I hardly expected it to panic.
>
> Or, was that normal?
Yes, this is a FAQ, and why resource limits exist. man login.conf
Kris
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