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Bug 86223 - Basic gentoo install is not protected agains fork bombs
Summary: Basic gentoo install is not protected agains fork bombs
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 85656
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High critical (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers
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Reported: 2005-03-22 00:26 UTC by Eero Volotinen
Modified: 2005-07-17 13:06 UTC (History)
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Description Eero Volotinen 2005-03-22 00:26:38 UTC 
On basic gentoo-system this takes system down on normal user:

run as normal user:

:(){ :|:& };:

/etc/security/limits.conf should have some values for @user groups, so that users cannot crash/hang machine.

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 f5d8fd51ed1e804c9e8d0357e8614e0493b06e96 2005-03-22 01:40:56 UTC 
you should take a look at: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85656
Comment 2 Carsten Lohrke (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-03-22 03:58:35 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 85656 ***