On 10/1/2000 Jim B wrote:
Then (in /etc/limits) I set "no limits" on my own accounts: <user> -
I would actually want to keep at least some of the limits on my own account as well, just to prevent a runaway process from causing problems, that is why i am interested in limits so reasonable no one would likely ever notice. (while still protecting against system from becoming crippled)
Also: I still don't know of any way to set the Virtual Mem usage of a shell without using ulimit (bash) or limit (csh)! Note that it does not appear to be an option in /etc/limits or in pam's limits.conf. Anyone know how to do it? There must be a way.
ulimit does not really protect at all against someone malicious since they are perfectly free to un-ulimit themselves, this is where pam_limits is helpful, it enforces the hard limit and it cannot be ulimited past that.
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