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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.ci.com.au!brian.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!pumpkin.pangea.ca!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!newbabylon.rs.itd.umich.edu!not-for-mail From: Timothy Watson <tmwatson@toast.ccs.itd.umich.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Linux needs more work to be done! Date: 09 Jul 1997 21:30:03 -0400 Organization: What am I doing? Lines: 16 Message-ID: <xdoafjv7kys.fsf@toast.ccs.itd.umich.edu> References: <5oqbad$1582@ds2.acs.ucalgary.ca> <xdoradosk1v.fsf@bagel.rs.itd.umich.edu> <xdo4taj2akk.fsf@pita.ccs.itd.umich.edu> <5peb7i$aqv$1@netty.york.ac.uk> <pkuip5.tq.ln@zen> <5q0kja$4ni$1@netty.york.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: toast.ccs.itd.umich.edu X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.4.37/XEmacs 19.15 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:9733 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44200 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:1314 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:65375 comp.os.linux.x:66204 comp.os.linux.setup:120520 comp.os.linux.advocacy:104952 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. -- ________________________________________________________________________ T i m o t h y W a t s o n tmwatson@junkmail.umich.edu (get rid of junkmail!) __/| Something there is that doesn't love a wall, that wants it down