Alex Leipold <aleipold@clark.net> wrote: > O'm new to the list, so Im not sure if this has been covered, but someone > can crash any system with a few lines of code. (tested on UNIX, LINUX) > > main() { > int x; > while(x=0;x<1000000;x++) > { > system("uptime"); > fork(); > } > } > > Gcc it, run it and whatever system your on will crash. Is their any way > to stop users from doing this? I.e. restricting number of process that > can run? On SunOS, edit param.c and set MAXUPRC considerably lower than NPROC. Keeps the pigs at bay. I assume Solaris allows a similar thing but I don't know the details. Who does?