Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 10:09:43 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: William Fletcher <ultraviolet@epweb.co.za> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Zsh fork bomb paniced my kernel. Message-ID: <20030620170943.GB53684@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20030620155516.GC7055@tulip.epweb.co.za> References: <20030620155516.GC7055@tulip.epweb.co.za>
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--5/uDoXvLw7AC5HRs Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 05:55:16PM +0200, William Fletcher wrote: > Hi, >=20 > My machine just bombed when I did the following stupid command. > :(){:|:};: > Zsh chewed up everything on the machine... > I ran it knowing I'd probably have to reboot. >=20 > But, I hardly expected it to panic. >=20 > Or, was that normal? Yes, this is a FAQ, and why resource limits exist. man login.conf Kris --5/uDoXvLw7AC5HRs Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+8z/WWry0BWjoQKURAue6AJ0Q44CMa17Vr55DmIpOsdY4aagEigCdEIiU nhccjmMkyI2FCRDb5pZ8hHg= =5v0l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --5/uDoXvLw7AC5HRs--
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