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Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:39:22 +0000 From: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> Cc: Dane Mutters <dmutters@...il.com>, Martin Olsson <mnemo@...imum.se>, Ubuntu Devel Discuss <ubuntu-devel-discuss@...ts.ubuntu.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Is it possible to give the user the option to cancel forkbombs? > > I would like to see something done about this, with Ubuntu as popular as > > it is, even as a server in some cases. Is there a way that in the > > future, one could simply download a package or click a box or something > > and have a limit set, like the links suggest? That would make things > > just "that much" more convenient for system administrators (and might > > help them/us to remember to set these limits, too...). > > If you don't know which limits to set and need a package for them, your > job title should not be system administrator. Thats a very arrogant viewpoint. I don't have to be a TV engineer to use my television. Distributions should be providing sensible defaults out of the box. The kernel already provides them the mechanisms. Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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