Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 21 Jun 1998 13:02:00 -0700 (PDT) | | From | "J'aime Fournier" <> | | Subject | re: Limits in the kernel |
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Well you could lower the MAX_TASKS_PER_USER in /usr/src/linux/include/tasks.h To somethine more reasonable like 50 or so. The default is 256.
I have a patch I made to setup a /proc/secure/maxtasks Using sysctl to change the MAX_TASKS_PER_USER on the fly.
Hope that helps.
Jaime Fournier Austin AIX Systems Administration jafour1@austin.ibm.com
Hi,
Is it possible to configure the kernel in the same manner as a solaris/sunos kernel (/etc/system)? It is very easy for a regular user to make a linux box unresponsive and crash eventually.
This simple program will do that:
main () { fork(); main(); } I'm sure you all know that, now the question is, how do I prevent something like that from happening, and is it possible to set some sort of limits in the kernel?
Thanks in advance.
== Jaime Fournier Systems Administrator Austin AIX Support Group jafour1@austin.ibm.com
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