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From: chris@cetia4.UUCP (Christian Bertin)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5
Subject: Re: ulimit
Summary: ulimit and root
Message-ID: <881@cetia4.UUCP>
Date: 21 Apr 89 15:27:45 GMT
References: <19516@genrad.UUCP> <1319@nusdhub.UUCP> <10075@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Organization: Cetia, Toulon, France
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In article <10075@smoke.BRL.MIL>, gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) writes:
> In article <1319@nusdhub.UUCP> rwhite@nusdhub.UUCP (Robert C. White Jr.) writes:
> >Remembering that UNIXis a software development environment (at least
> >in it's historical role) the idea of having a curb agains a single file
> >undergoing runaway growth make alot of sense.
> 
> Funny how the originators of UNIX, software developers par excellence,
> haven't decided to add ulimit to their own systems then.


Ulimit also introduced the first limitation on 'root'. Having a system-wide
ulimit is a mistake, having one (and the same one) for root is much worse.


Chris
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