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From: ron@brl-smoke.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
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Subject: Re: Computer Horror Stories
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Date: Fri, 21-Feb-86 14:46:28 EST
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> If you kick off a shell that infinitely forks these babies, the only way
> to kill the system in less than about 3 days is to drop it on the floor.
> The bad thing is that anyone can do it, no special privleges are
> necessary.  I won't post the source for obvious reasons, but it is a
> wonderous way to get everyone competing for your resources to leave...
> I have never done it in a working environment, but Man have I been tempted!!
> 
Most UNIX systems these days give a user process limit that is significantly
less than infinity or NPROC.

-Ron