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On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Kip Macy wrote:

> Thanks. Although having maxfiles == maxfilesperproc might make sense for
> special cases e.g. a machine completely dedicated to one process -- It is
> dangerous at best for the general case. Any malicious program can make a
> machine running FreeBSD non-functional. The default should be set with the
> average user in mind, namely protecting him from himself. 
> 
> 
> 					-Kip

  Except login.conf can do this too.

Tom



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