Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 21:42:35 +0200 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: Allen Edwards <aedwards@hiqinternet.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie Post - Limiting processes Message-ID: <20010125214235.F1122@ringworld.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <xzp8znzto93.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>; from des@ofug.org on Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 08:39:36PM %2B0100 References: <NCBBKJBPKLMFELAPAEHGAEMCCCAA.aedwards@hiqinternet.com> <xzp8znzto93.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 08:39:36PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > "Allen Edwards" <aedwards@hiqinternet.com> writes: > > They sell based on HDD space as well as background processes. > > Without reading their site, I imagine that what they mean by > "background processes" are processes that run while the user is not > logged in (usually these are IRC proxies or various kinds of file > transfer clients). I've seen a shell provider or five that considers a process to be a background process when it does not have a controlling tty. It's in such cases that people tend to use the screen workaround I mentioned in another mail in this thread. G'luck, Peter -- This sentence contradicts itself - or rather - well, no, actually it doesn't! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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