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Date:      Thu, 23 Oct 1997 21:40:10 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
To:        jbryant@tfs.net
Cc:        tlambert@primenet.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: CHILD_MAX no longer valid in 2.2.5-RELEASE?
Message-ID:  <199710232140.OAA07475@usr05.primenet.com>
In-Reply-To: <199710232004.PAA15951@argus.tfs.net> from "Jim Bryant" at Oct 23, 97 03:04:33 pm

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> > Out of curiosity, what is the function of establishing a limit on rc
> > itself, as opposed to only the things rc runs?
> 
> root's login.conf???

If I'm root, I should be able to shoot myself in the foot if I want to.

I understand the denial of service aspects for non-root users shooting
each other in the foot, and the daemon aspects as regards daemons that
malfunction.

But root has a moral obligation to let me aim at my foot.

So I'd still like to know the function of establishing a limit on rc
itself...


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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