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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: William Fletcher <ultraviolet@epweb.co.za>
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Subject: Re: Zsh fork bomb paniced my kernel.
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On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 05:55:16PM +0200, William Fletcher wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> But, I hardly expected it to panic.
>=20
> Or, was that normal?

Yes, this is a FAQ, and why resource limits exist.  man login.conf

Kris

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