Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 01:44:40 GMT From: mike@sentex.net (Mike Tancsa) To: geniusj@phoenix.unacom.com (The Tech-Admin Dude) Cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: misc/13202: Easy for user to crash system Message-ID: <37ba0f4a.79631664@mail.sentex.net> In-Reply-To: <MAIL199908171730.KAA53434@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <MAIL199908171730.KAA53434@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On 17 Aug 1999 13:35:17 -0400, in sentex.lists.freebsd.bugs you wrote: >The following reply was made to PR misc/13202; it has been noted by GNATS. > >From: The Tech-Admin Dude <geniusj@phoenix.unacom.com> >To: slawson@alphamicro.com >Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: misc/13202: Easy for user to crash system >Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 21:17:15 -0400 (EDT) > > I recommend using login accounting, that is what it is there for :).. > /etc/login.conf.. How much swap was there? What was MAXUSERS set to? > normally, for an ls, if you have maxusers at default, i'm surprised you > didnt run out of processes before it crashed, must have low swap? Anyway, > main point, USE LOGIN ACCOUNTING :) Is there a rough rule of thumb as to how much overhead login accounting takes on a system ? Mike Tancsa (mdtancsa@sentex.net) Sentex Communications Corp, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada "Who is this 'BSD', and why should we free him?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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