Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 28 Nov 2000 22:20:40 +0100 | From | Jan Rekorajski <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] no RLIMIT_NPROC for root, please |
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On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Jan Rekorajski <baggins@sith.mimuw.edu.pl> writes: > > |> Why is RLIMIT_NPROC apllied to root(uid 0) processes? It's not kernel job to > |> prevent admin from shooting him/her self in the foot. > |> > |> root should be able to do fork() regardless of any limits, > |> and IMHO the following patch is the right thing. > > AFAICS, _all_ resource limits are equally applied to root processes. Why > should NPROC be different?
Because you want to be able to `kill <pid>`? And if you are over-limits you can't?
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