You are correct -- what one really needs is a per user limit on files --
there may already be something to that effect, although I do not know of
it.
On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Bryan Talbot wrote:
> At 04:23 PM 9/21/99 , Kip Macy wrote:
> >Thanks. Although having maxfiles == maxfilesperproc might make sense for
> >special cases e.g. a machine completely dedicated to one process -- It is
> >dangerous at best for the general case. Any malicious program can make a
> >machine running FreeBSD non-functional. The default should be set with the
> >average user in mind, namely protecting him from himself.
> >
> >
> > -Kip
>
>
> But adjusting maxfilesperproc > maxfiles won't protect you from a malicious
> process or user any more than having maxfilesperproc == maxfiles. Just
> fork() or run two (or more) processes that open all the file handles. Same
> result, right?
>
> -Bryan
>
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