Messages in this thread | | | From | (Cezary Sliwa) | Subject | A simple way to lock up 2.2.0-pre7 | Date | Fri, 15 Jan 1999 17:31:30 +0100 (MET) |
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Just press ^C to stop this loop:
while true; do (cat /dev/tty > /dev/null &); done
(I tried this at the console).
BTW: There is a security issue related to rebooting without syncing disks: unflushed files will contain garbage, and this garbage can be some data the owner of the file should not see. Eventually, kernel bugs etc. can be (potentially) used to gain access to unused portions of the disk. (I know, one should use chattr +s, but maybe this is not necessary?)
-- Czarek
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