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From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To: Rick Jansen <Rick@Tweakers.net>
Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Limiting background processes
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* Rick Jansen <Rick@Tweakers.net> [001115 12:50] wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I know there's a way to limit the number of background processes a user may
> have, but i don't know how that's done. Anybody who can enlighten me with a
> few tips? I tried using login classes (with login.conf i believe), but that
> doesn't work (and i don't know why, there aren't any errors relating to it).
> I already chmod 700 nohup, and made it root.wheel.
> 
> Tips would be greatly appreciated!

You need to run

cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf

after editing login.conf.

-Alfred


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