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Re: Protecting the system
gibi@actcom.co.il wrote:
> Is there a way to limit the number of tasks and memory usage a user
> can use in Linux ?
>
> I run a test program that did fork after fork with a lot of mallocs,
> and the system almost hanged out.
>
> How can I limit this so the system will continue working ?
In tcsh: limit
In bash: help ulimit
Evgeny
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