Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 13:10:56 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: tom@sdf.com (Tom Samplonius) Cc: terry@lambert.org, joe@pavilion.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help, running out of processes. :( Message-ID: <199706162010.NAA18033@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970615231558.9715A-100000@misery.sdf.com> from "Tom Samplonius" at Jun 15, 97 11:18:59 pm
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> > login.conf only operates agains users whose credentials were generated > > through a login process (quotas are assigned at the time credentials > > are, when using login.conf). > > Yes, a big problem for processes that leave root after binding to a > privileged port. > > But shouldn't such processes should call setrlimit() appropriately > first? Good question; but it begs the question "what is a credential?". I suspect it's unreasonable to have processes started in the rc.conf file calling setrlimit() as a required action. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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