Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267773AbTGHWM2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jul 2003 18:12:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267786AbTGHWM1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jul 2003 18:12:27 -0400 Received: from fmr06.intel.com ([134.134.136.7]:41937 "EHLO caduceus.jf.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267773AbTGHWLv convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jul 2003 18:11:51 -0400 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6375.0 Subject: RE: Forking shell bombs Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 15:26:25 -0700 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Forking shell bombs Thread-Index: AcNFnuuphgghF8UiR/KRDO2pun+/FgAAPZzg From: "Perez-Gonzalez, Inaky" To: "Max Valdez" , , "kernel" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Jul 2003 22:26:25.0911 (UTC) FILETIME=[F7FC0070:01C3459F] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 779 Lines: 20 > From: Max Valdez [mailto:maxvalde@fis.unam.mx] > > 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 /etc/profile. This is an admin/distro problem. I?aky P?rez-Gonz?lez -- Not speaking for Intel -- all opinions are my own (and my fault) - 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/