Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 17:29:54 +0200 From: the Webslave <charon@charon.hell.gr> To: Kasper <kasper@swebase.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Question Message-ID: <20000125172954.B16285@charon.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <001601bf665d$a9673c10$2b4b4bd4@swebasepro>; from kasper@swebase.com on Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 12:25:04PM %2B0100 References: <001601bf665d$a9673c10$2b4b4bd4@swebasepro>
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On Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 12:25:04PM +0100, Kasper wrote: > > Hello i'm a new freebsd user and i have an shellacountserver. I > wonder how i can restrict users so the only can run 1 > backgroundprocess? You want to set the max user processes limit, which is done in a shell-specific way. I know that Bash supports the `ulimit' command, and you can read the manpage of bash for finding out how it works. However, you will find it pretty inconvenient to set this limit pretty low, since a single command line can generate an arbitrary amount of `forked' processes. Think of commands like: % ls -l | grep PATTERN | sort | uniq | more There are five processes in there, not counting the parent-shell. -- Giorgos Keramidas, < keramida @ ceid . upatras . gr > "Don't let your schooling interfere with your education." [Mark Twain] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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