lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2007]   [Oct]   [10]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [more markup]  [less markup]  [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
DateWed, 10 Oct 2007 15:14:06 +0930
FromDavid Newall <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] Reserve N process to root
Gustavo Chain wrote:
> El Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:19:27 +0930
> David Newall <david@davidnewall.com> escribió:
> 
>> Gustavo Chain wrote:
>> 
>>> I think it's necessary to reserve some pids to the super user.
>>> 5 must be sufficient.
>>> 
>> Why?  (Sorry if I missed something.)
>> 
>
> ¿ To prevent a posible DoS ?
> 

That was what I thought you had in mind; it protects from some kind of 
fork bomb, right?  But it doesn't seem useful unless you guarantee 
having a process already running (with CAP_SYS_ADMIN) *before* the bomb 
goes off.

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2007-10-10 07:53    [W:0.262 / U:0.150 seconds]
©2003-2008 Jasper Spaans