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Date:      Tue, 20 Oct 1998 08:32:39 -0700
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        surya@ISI.EDU
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Page fault while in kernel mode, bug?
Message-ID:  <199810201532.IAA04419@austin.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.96.981020012904.2505A-100000@zephyr.isi.edu>
References:  <Pine.SUN.3.96.981020012904.2505A-100000@zephyr.isi.edu>

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In article <Pine.SUN.3.96.981020012904.2505A-100000@zephyr.isi.edu>,
Stephen Suryaputra  <surya@ISI.EDU> wrote:

> I was running a big simulation as root. I know it is wrong but I want to
> gain full access to the resources (I tried to setup the limits in
> /etc/login.conf with no success... however, this part is mine to figure
> out).

The most common mistake is that people forget to follow the
instructions in the comment at the top of the file:

    #       cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf
    #
    # Don't forget to do this after each edit as well!

John
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  John Polstra                                               jdp@polstra.com
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
  "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public."
                                                            -- H. L. Mencken

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