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From: bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: ULIMIT flame
Message-ID: <1991Mar4.141304.2861@bilver.uucp>
Date: 4 Mar 91 14:13:04 GMT
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In article <1991Mar03.211347.6220@pilikia.pegasus.com> art@pilikia.pegasus.com (Art Neilson) writes:
>In article <-DT9=.F@xds13.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:

>>Is there anyone out there who has ever had cause to be thankful for ulimits?
 
I wish I had it installed one time.  I have a site (business/office
oriented) that a user programmed something in his spreadsheet that
just kept going until it filled the disk.  It now has  ulimits, but
the only things they use are word processors, spreadsheets and
databases.  There is a ulimit there now.  Keeps things in line.
But again these are applications users who never even see a
prompt.
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