Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Forking shell bombs | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 08 Jul 2003 23:25:01 +0100 |
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On Maw, 2003-07-08 at 18:18, Max Valdez wrote: > I set the ulimit -u 1791 > and the box keeps running(2.4.20-gentoo-r5) , but we still need the > problem corrected, any other user can run ther DOS and crash the box, is > there any way to set ulimits for all users fixed ??, not by sourcein a > bashrc or something like that ?? because the user can delete the line on > .bashrc and thats it
You can set the limits using the pam limits module and set the hard limit so the user cannot revert it. Or with -ac just set no overcommit and it seems fine
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