[100583] in RedHat Linux List
Re: limit processes for users
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin Smith)
Sat Nov 21 23:56:45 1998
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 23:01:33 -0600 (EST)
From: Kevin Smith <kevin@mtsu.edu>
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On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Emmanuel Papirakis wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I am currently trying to pretect my system against such processes:
>
> void main(){
>
> while(1)
> fork();
>
> }
>
> I know that I should use ulimit -u (a certain numer), but,
> where do I put this so that it becomes in effect for all users
> (exept root of course) at all times????
>
Take a look at the nproc option in /etc/security/limits.conf, and add
the following to the tail end of /etc/pam.d/login:
session required /lib/security/pam_limits.so
That will let you limit users processes to whatever number you wish, by
inidividual users, groups, or the negation thereof.. :) enjoy
-----
Kevin Smith
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