Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 6 Jun 2001 21:57:25 +0200 | From | Erik Mouw <> | Subject | Re: isolating process.. |
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On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 12:37:55PM +0300, Bohdan Vlasyuk wrote: > Is it possible by any means to isolate any given process, so that > it'll be unable to crash system. Suppose all the process needs is > stdin, stdout, and CPU time. Can Linux guarantee that given process > won't hurt system stability ? Let us soppose that we have ideal CPU > without mistakes. How can I limit CPU time/Mem Usage for given > process?
You just gave a nice description what an OS kernel should do :)
> Please, supply ANY suggestions. > > My ideas: > > create some user, and decrease his ulimits up to miminum of 1 process, > 0 core size, appropriate memory/ etc.
That's indeed the way to do it.
Erik
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