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Date:      Tue, 29 May 2001 00:49:56 +0200 (CEST)
From:      =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Trond_Endrest=F8l?= <trond@ramstind.gtf.ol.no>
To:        The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
Cc:        <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: machine hangs when no memory/swap left ...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.31.0105290046130.34992-100000@ramstind.gtf.ol.no>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0105281910040.436-100000@mobile.hub.org>

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On Mon, 28 May 2001, The Hermit Hacker wrote:

> stupid question, but shouldn't there be a mechanism to prevent that?
> something to crash the process or somethign when the machine runs out of
> virtual memory?

Won't some sane values for some class in /etc/login.conf limit the
amount memory available to users in the chosen class?

The default class is ok to use for most users, but use the daemon
class for processes started during boot.

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Trond Endrestøl                          |    trond@ramstind.gtf.ol.no
Patron of The Art of Computer Programming|   FreeBSD 3.5-S & Pine 4.31



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