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Brian Wilson (talk | contribs) Created page with "== limits.conf == Something you should always do on a Linux system # sudo emacs /etc/security/limits.conf # Add a line similar to @1000 hard nproc 100 This will protect yo..." |
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This will protect you from fork bombs, such as this classic | This will protect you from fork bombs (at least ones initiated by regular users), such as this classic | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:12, 29 June 2015
limits.conf
Something you should always do on a Linux system
- sudo emacs /etc/security/limits.conf
- Add a line similar to
@1000 hard nproc 100
This will protect you from fork bombs (at least ones initiated by regular users), such as this classic
:(){ :|:& };:
