Forkbomb??

[Dennis Myhand]

On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 00:02 +0100, Simon Santoro wrote:

>If the script is buggy, fix the script. There is no need to lock down 
>the machine just because there could be a script that forks to many 
>times. The script could also do an rm -rf ~/. What would you like to do 
>against that? Revoke write permissions on the users home direcotry 
>because a "wrongly implemented script" could delete all his data? I hope 
>not. I still think you should be able to execute as many procs as you 
>like on your own machine, or rm -rf your home if you want to.

Pardon me for interjecting here, but are you really trying to insert
some common sense by suggesting someone actually fix the problem and not
try and create a new one (He asks, tongue firmly planted in his cheek)?

Dear God, sir!  Next you will be requiring people to take responsibility
for their own machines!  This could lead to sheer organization and
level-headedness!  Won't somebody think of the CHILDREN!!!!!

Your point is well taken and thank you for holding to it despite your
detractors.  May your tribe increase.  Peace, Dennis in Victoria,
running Hoary Hedgehog.