linux-kernel - Re: Is it possible to give the user the option to cancel forkbombs?

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Date:	Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:38:15 +0100
From:	Diego Calleja <diegocg@...il.com>
To:	Martin Olsson <mnemo@...imum.se>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ubuntu Devel Discuss <ubuntu-devel-discuss@...ts.ubuntu.com>
Subject: Re: Is it possible to give the user the option to cancel forkbombs?

El Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:51:27 -0800, Martin Olsson <mnemo@...imum.se> escribió:

> Dear kernel hackers,
> 
> This is a message from below 0x7FFFFFFF. Please look at this bug (it's 
> not a new concept but still):
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/163185

Can't see that page:
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Not allowed here

Sorry, you don't have permission to access this page. 
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> CTRL-ALT-DEL to work. Maybe it's possible to set some kind of 
> MAX_PROCESS_COUNT for each user (I don't know) but it looks like this is 
> not done by default in many distros today?

Per-user process limits have been there for a long time, most of distros don't
use them and don't offer GUIs to configure them.
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