Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 08 Nov 1998 14:34:06 +0100 | From | Brian Schau <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Patch to Memory Subsystem ... (Needed?) |
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Pavel Machek wrote: > > Hi! > > > Oh! The cobol-applications are usually run during night when nobody > > uses the servers - so no 'bash', 'ps' or the like are in the cache. > > The next morning when somebody tries to login (s)he will be denied > > access .... > > What about limiting memory using ulimit()?
With clever usage it could be used - but I am not sure how ;o) Point is, the program in question isn't started from a shell. I could do a work-around.
Still, I hate the idea that user-processes can eat all memory, leaving nothing to root in case of problems .........
> > Pavel > > -- > I'm really pavel@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz. Pavel > Look at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/ ;-).
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