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From: Timothy Watson <tmwatson@toast.ccs.itd.umich.edu>
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Subject: Re: Linux needs more work to be done!
Date: 09 Jul 1997 21:30:03 -0400
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pih100@york.ac.uk (Paul Halliday) writes:
> on Linux when used as a central Uni× server where a user might wish to log
> in with their own shell - perhaps even with the malicious intention of
> bringing the machine down? Are there similar limits one can set in the

You may limit the shell with a "chsh" that allows only a few listed
shells - any other shells would be descendents of processes spawned in
the listed shell - wouldn't they also fall under the limits?

But I'm not sure how much of ulimit is functional.

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